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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... river Eden , the waters of which , near the hamlet of Armathwaite , are precipitated over a weir , four yards in height , and seventy in length , and , when the river is swollen , produce an exceedingly loud and murmuring noise . The ...
... river Eden , the waters of which , near the hamlet of Armathwaite , are precipitated over a weir , four yards in height , and seventy in length , and , when the river is swollen , produce an exceedingly loud and murmuring noise . The ...
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... river Nene flows through the parish , in which there is a chalybeate spring . The poet Dryden was born at the parsonage - house , in 1631 . ALDWINKLE ( ST . PETER'S ) , a parish in the hun- dred of HUXLOE , county of NORTHAMPTON , 32 ...
... river Nene flows through the parish , in which there is a chalybeate spring . The poet Dryden was born at the parsonage - house , in 1631 . ALDWINKLE ( ST . PETER'S ) , a parish in the hun- dred of HUXLOE , county of NORTHAMPTON , 32 ...
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... river Soar at this place . ALLHALLOWS , a parish in ALLERDALE ward below Derwent , county of CUMBERLAND , 6 miles ( S. W. by S. ) from Wigton , containing 219 inhabitants . The living is a perpetual curacy , in the archdeaconry and ...
... river Soar at this place . ALLHALLOWS , a parish in ALLERDALE ward below Derwent , county of CUMBERLAND , 6 miles ( S. W. by S. ) from Wigton , containing 219 inhabitants . The living is a perpetual curacy , in the archdeaconry and ...
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... river Boyd , which falls into the lower Avon : the views from the heights are remarkably grand and extensive , embra- cing the whole æstuary of the Severn , and the opposite coast of Wales . Here is a free school with a small en ...
... river Boyd , which falls into the lower Avon : the views from the heights are remarkably grand and extensive , embra- cing the whole æstuary of the Severn , and the opposite coast of Wales . Here is a free school with a small en ...
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... river Itchen . The northern embankment is formed by a causeway , nearly five hundred yards in length , which constituted part of the main road to London previously to 1753 , when the present one was made through Bishop's Sutton . This ...
... river Itchen . The northern embankment is formed by a causeway , nearly five hundred yards in length , which constituted part of the main road to London previously to 1753 , when the present one was made through Bishop's Sutton . This ...
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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.