A History of CambridgeshireE. Stock, 1897 - 306 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 23
Page 3
... 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 , the Fenlands in the north , and the low chalk uplands in the south . The latter ...
... 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 , the Fenlands in the north , and the low chalk uplands in the south . The latter ...
Page 7
... passed on , land and sea assumed their present boundaries . Britain became an island , with the hills and dales , the shores and the rivers , which still endure . The larger animals earliest became extinct ; but Introductory . 7.
... passed on , land and sea assumed their present boundaries . Britain became an island , with the hills and dales , the shores and the rivers , which still endure . The larger animals earliest became extinct ; but Introductory . 7.
Page 8
... passed gradually into the next , with no such gulf between as severs the two Stone Ages . § 13. The Neolithic weapons found in Cambridgeshire are sometimes discovered by the plough in the open fields , sometimes unearthed from the tombs ...
... passed gradually into the next , with no such gulf between as severs the two Stone Ages . § 13. The Neolithic weapons found in Cambridgeshire are sometimes discovered by the plough in the open fields , sometimes unearthed from the tombs ...
Page 23
... passed through Cambridgeshire . Ermine Street ( now the Old North Road ) , always the main route between York and London , entered the county between Godmanchester and Caxton , to leave it at Royston on crossing the Icknield Street ...
... passed through Cambridgeshire . Ermine Street ( now the Old North Road ) , always the main route between York and London , entered the county between Godmanchester and Caxton , to leave it at Royston on crossing the Icknield Street ...
Page 62
... passed the river at Cambridge in their avenging rush after the royal forces , and again in their hasty retreat after striking their blow . § 10. With this doubtful exception , Cambridgeshire remained undisturbed during the succession of ...
... passed the river at Cambridge in their avenging rush after the royal forces , and again in their hasty retreat after striking their blow . § 10. With this doubtful exception , Cambridgeshire remained undisturbed during the succession of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
Page 175 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes.
Page 175 - Albeit labouring for a scanty band Of white-robed scholars only, this immense And glorious work of fine intelligence ! Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely calculated less or more.
Page 63 - Where by divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed that this realm of England is an empire, and so hath been accepted in the world, governed by one Supreme Head and King having the dignity and royal estate of the imperial Crown of the same...
Page 289 - God's people in other nations, after mature deliberation, resolved and determined to enter into a mutual and solemn league and covenant, wherein we all subscribe, and each one of us for himself, with our hands lifted up to the most high God, do swear, I.
Page 290 - Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
Page 191 - He married my sisters with five pound or twenty nobles a-piece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours; and some alms he gave to the poor, and all this he did of the said farm.
Page 191 - My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep ; and my mother milked thirty kine.
Page 247 - The King, observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and why ? That learned body wanted loyalty : To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning.
Page 20 - Vansittart, with fair intentions, was a feeble and inefficient ruler. The master caste, as was natural, broke loose from all restraint ; and then was seen what we believe to be the most frightful of all spectacles, the strength of civilization without its mercy. To all other despotism there is a check : imperfect indeed, and liable to gross abuse, but still sufficient to preserve society from the last extreme of misery. A time comes when the evils of submission are obviously greater than those of...