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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... village is situated at the foot of a rocky hill , rising to the height of more than two hundred feet , and consisting of alternate beds of limestone and petrosilex . Roman coins , urns , bricks , & c . , have been dug up ; and here is ...
... village is situated at the foot of a rocky hill , rising to the height of more than two hundred feet , and consisting of alternate beds of limestone and petrosilex . Roman coins , urns , bricks , & c . , have been dug up ; and here is ...
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... village con- sists chiefly of one long street ; it is watched by private subscription , and plentifully supplied with water . The houses in general are , from their antiquity , inferior to those in most other places within the same ...
... village con- sists chiefly of one long street ; it is watched by private subscription , and plentifully supplied with water . The houses in general are , from their antiquity , inferior to those in most other places within the same ...
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... village . ALDERSEY , a township in the parish of CODDING- TON , higher division of the hundred of BROXTON , county palatine of CHESTER , 83 miles ( S. E. by S. ) from Chester , containing 138 inhabitants . Salt - works exist- ed here in ...
... village . ALDERSEY , a township in the parish of CODDING- TON , higher division of the hundred of BROXTON , county palatine of CHESTER , 83 miles ( S. E. by S. ) from Chester , containing 138 inhabitants . Salt - works exist- ed here in ...
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... village is situated at the foot of a ridge of limestone rocks , near the small 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 ...
... village is situated at the foot of a ridge of limestone rocks , near the small 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 ...
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... village . There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists . ALVESTON , a parish in the Snitterfield division of the hundred of BARLICHWAY , county of WARWICK , 2 miles ( E. N. E. ) from Stratford , containing 630 inhabit- ants . The ...
... village . There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists . ALVESTON , a parish in the Snitterfield division of the hundred of BARLICHWAY , county of WARWICK , 2 miles ( E. N. E. ) from Stratford , containing 630 inhabit- ants . 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.