A History of CambridgeshireE. Stock, 1897 - 306 pages |
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... miles , its greatest breadth about twenty - five , either line of greatest dimen- sion passing through the town of Cambridge . § 4. The county is divided by Nature into two regions of about equal size , but very different in character ...
... miles , its greatest breadth about twenty - five , either line of greatest dimen- sion passing through the town of Cambridge . § 4. The county is divided by Nature into two regions of about equal size , but very different in character ...
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... miles , thus completely crossing the narrow strip of open chalk slopes which must always have existed between those marshes and the primæval forest on the East Anglian Heights . That narrow strip would form the natural path into the ...
... miles , thus completely crossing the narrow strip of open chalk slopes which must always have existed between those marshes and the primæval forest on the East Anglian Heights . That narrow strip would form the natural path into the ...
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... miles , of which ten are equivalent to eight English miles , between each station ) from some known locality , such as London or Lincoln - a not wholly satis- factory process when the considerable probability of error in MS . numbers is ...
... miles , of which ten are equivalent to eight English miles , between each station ) from some known locality , such as London or Lincoln - a not wholly satis- factory process when the considerable probability of error in MS . numbers is ...
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... miles , the higher ground approaches the water at both sides . Elsewhere one bank or the other is always low , and must of old have been marshy . § 13. On this higher ground , then , and on the highest part of it , that on the west side ...
... miles , the higher ground approaches the water at both sides . Elsewhere one bank or the other is always low , and must of old have been marshy . § 13. On this higher ground , then , and on the highest part of it , that on the west side ...
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... mile and a half from each other . There have never existed in Cambridgeshire those many isolated farms and cottages which are so marked a feature in the landscapes of Wessex or Northumbria . The few that are to be seen are of ...
... mile and a half from each other . There have never existed in Cambridgeshire those many isolated farms and cottages which are so marked a feature in the landscapes of Wessex or Northumbria . The few that are to be seen are of ...
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abbey Abbot altar amongst ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archbishop army Balsham Barnwell Barrington battle became Bede Bishop of Ely bridgeshire Britain Brithnoth British Britons Cæsar called Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canterbury Canute century Chancellor chap chapel Chapter Christian College founded Conquest Danes Danish death diocese district earliest East Anglia Edward Eltisley England English Ermine Street Essex Etheldred Fens Florence of Worcester heathen Henry Henry of Huntingdon Hist Holy hundred Ibid Iceni Icknield Street including the Parishes Isle John King King's land later Liber Eliensis Littleport London Long Stow March marks Mercia Michaelhouse miles minster Monacho monks Newmarket Norman North Northumbria Oxford Papworth parish church Parliament peace period Peterhouse Priory Queen Radfield reign remained Richard river Roman royal Royston Shepreth Shingay shire Thomas Thorney tion town Trinity Triplow Tripos University Vicar village whole William William of Malmesbury Wisbeach Witchford
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