Topography of Great Britain: Or, British Traveller's Directory: CornwallC. Cooke, 1817 |
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Page 35
... appears that the quantity of timber actually delivered for the use of the navy , from the year 1701 to 1780 , was 23,000 loads of oak , and 7003 loads of beech . The average annual supply therefore must be about 885 loads of oak , and ...
... appears that the quantity of timber actually delivered for the use of the navy , from the year 1701 to 1780 , was 23,000 loads of oak , and 7003 loads of beech . The average annual supply therefore must be about 885 loads of oak , and ...
Page 45
... appears to have been a royal demesne . It is at present a town of considerable business , from its being a great thoroughfare , on the direct western road , as well from Newbury to Salisbury , as from London to Exeter , Taunton , and ...
... appears to have been a royal demesne . It is at present a town of considerable business , from its being a great thoroughfare , on the direct western road , as well from Newbury to Salisbury , as from London to Exeter , Taunton , and ...
Page 48
... appears to be an- swered by another at Frippsbury , about five miles distant . Three miles to the south of Andover is a village called WHORWELL or WHERWELL , where Elfrida , the widow of king Edgar , built and endowed a nunnery , in ...
... appears to be an- swered by another at Frippsbury , about five miles distant . Three miles to the south of Andover is a village called WHORWELL or WHERWELL , where Elfrida , the widow of king Edgar , built and endowed a nunnery , in ...
Page 54
... appears to have been originally built on the site of the old castle of Basing , in a most magnificent style , by Sir William Paulet , Knt . who was created Baron St. John of Basing , by Henry the Eighth , and Earl of Wiltshire and Mar ...
... appears to have been originally built on the site of the old castle of Basing , in a most magnificent style , by Sir William Paulet , Knt . who was created Baron St. John of Basing , by Henry the Eighth , and Earl of Wiltshire and Mar ...
Page 55
... appears , from an inscription in the north aisle , to have been repaired in 1519 , by Sir John Pawlet , Knt .; who , with others of the family , lie buried beneath two open arched tombs , one on each side of the chan- cel . All the ...
... appears , from an inscription in the north aisle , to have been repaired in 1519 , by Sir John Pawlet , Knt .; who , with others of the family , lie buried beneath two open arched tombs , one on each side of the chan- cel . All the ...
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