A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate & Market Towns ...& the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions; Illustrated by Maps of the Different Counties & Islands; ... and a Plan of London and Its Environs .... AtlasS. Lewis & Company, 1831 |
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... built wholly of freestone dug out of the hill on which it is situated ; the roof is finely groined , and on each ... built on the gentle acclivity of a rock of limestone , near the small river Cock , a stream abound- ing with trout and ...
... built wholly of freestone dug out of the hill on which it is situated ; the roof is finely groined , and on each ... built on the gentle acclivity of a rock of limestone , near the small river Cock , a stream abound- ing with trout and ...
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... built of Roman tiles from the ancient city of Verulam , about the year 1077 , and exhibit the Norman style of archi- tecture : the remainder , erected about the reign of Henry III . , is in the early English style , with sharply pointed ...
... built of Roman tiles from the ancient city of Verulam , about the year 1077 , and exhibit the Norman style of archi- tecture : the remainder , erected about the reign of Henry III . , is in the early English style , with sharply pointed ...
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... built and respectable ; among them is an elegant marine villa , in the Italian style , built by Leveson Vernon , Esq . There is a public sub- scription library , commanding a fine view of the bay ; a neat and commodious theatre is open ...
... built and respectable ; among them is an elegant marine villa , in the Italian style , built by Leveson Vernon , Esq . There is a public sub- scription library , commanding a fine view of the bay ; a neat and commodious theatre is open ...
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... built and en- dowed the chapel . ALSOP le DALE , a chapelry in that part of the parish of ASHBOURN which is in the hundred of WIRKSWORTH , county of DERBY , 5 miles ( N. by W. ) from Ashbourn . The population is returned with the ...
... built and en- dowed the chapel . ALSOP le DALE , a chapelry in that part of the parish of ASHBOURN which is in the hundred of WIRKSWORTH , county of DERBY , 5 miles ( N. by W. ) from Ashbourn . The population is returned with the ...
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... built . There are a few manufac- tories for linsey - woolsey . The market , granted in 1650 to the celebrated Countess of Pembroke , is on Wednes- day fairs are held on Whit - Wednesday and the 13th and 29th of October , to which a ...
... built . There are a few manufac- tories for linsey - woolsey . The market , granted in 1650 to the celebrated Countess of Pembroke , is on Wednes- day fairs are held on Whit - Wednesday and the 13th and 29th of October , to which a ...
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200 private benefaction 200 royal bounty 24 miles ancient annum archdeaconry and diocese Bart Berks Bishop Cambridge castle chapel chapelry Cheshire Chester church is dedicated coll containing county of YORK county palatine court leet dedicated to St diocese of Exeter diocese of Lichfield diocese of Lincoln diocese of Norwich diocese of Salisbury diocese of York discharged rectory discharged vicarage Earl Edward endowed with 200 English architecture erected formerly George Gloucester hamlet held Henry Hereford Herefordshire Herts hundred inhabitants James John Kent king's books Lancashire Liverpool living London Lord Manchester market town Mary Messrs Middlesex miles E. N. E. miles N. W. miles S. E. Oxford parish parliamentary grant patronage perpetual curacy place of worship population is returned rated rectory reign river Roman Somerset Somersetshire Southampton Staffordshire style of English Suffolk Surrey Sussex Thomas tower township wapentake ward Wesleyan Methodists western division William worship for Wesleyan
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Page 253 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 111 - Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Page 123 - The living is a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry of Richmond and diocese of Chester, of the clear yearly value of HO/, with a glebe-house.
Page 8 - Ilchester, and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford ; Rev.
Page 102 - The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of...
Page 215 - Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £7- 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is dedicated to St.
Page 254 - IV. : the right of election is vested in the inhabitants paying scot and lot...
Page 238 - The living is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Middlesex and diocese of London ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St.
Page 280 - Mary's is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the dean and chapter of Lichlield, and rated at .£10; gross income £518.
Page 229 - An antient manor-house of the Lacies in this town was lately used as a workhouse. The chief manufacture of the place is .that of cotton : the market is on Wednesday. The Leeds and Liverpool canal passes near the town. The neighbourhood yields slate, coal, lime, and freestone.