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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... erected in the time of Henry II . , after it had been destroyed by the Welch : within these a neat modern structure has been erected for a residence . The town is beauti- fully situated at the extremity of a pass where the mountains ...
... erected in the time of Henry II . , after it had been destroyed by the Welch : within these a neat modern structure has been erected for a residence . The town is beauti- fully situated at the extremity of a pass where the mountains ...
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... erected a palace here , in which he and his immediate successors , Egferth and Cenwulf , occasionally resided . The monastery continued to flourish till 871 , when it was destroyed by the Danes . In 955 , Edred , grandson of Alfred ...
... erected a palace here , in which he and his immediate successors , Egferth and Cenwulf , occasionally resided . The monastery continued to flourish till 871 , when it was destroyed by the Danes . In 955 , Edred , grandson of Alfred ...
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... erected in 1815 , and the detached buildings of a private mansion have been fitted up as a Roman Catholic chapel . A Lancasterian school has been erected near the church : and at that part of the village called East Acton are handsome ...
... erected in 1815 , and the detached buildings of a private mansion have been fitted up as a Roman Catholic chapel . A Lancasterian school has been erected near the church : and at that part of the village called East Acton are handsome ...
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... erected , and continued to flourish under a suc- cession of forty abbots . About the middle of the fifth century , Verulam was occupied by the Saxons , and re- ceived the name of Watlingceaster , from the Roman highway , called Watling ...
... erected , and continued to flourish under a suc- cession of forty abbots . About the middle of the fifth century , Verulam was occupied by the Saxons , and re- ceived the name of Watlingceaster , from the Roman highway , called Watling ...
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... erected in 1830 , at an expense of £ 1200 . The ancient prison of the monastery is now appropriated to the confinement of criminals committed for the borough and liberties . The borough first re- ceived the elective franchise in the ...
... erected in 1830 , at an expense of £ 1200 . The ancient prison of the monastery is now appropriated to the confinement of criminals committed for the borough and liberties . The borough first re- ceived the elective franchise in the ...
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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.