Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Volume 53The Society, 1908 |
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... town ; various Somerton items presented by Mr. E. W. Valentine ; several antiquities found during the alterations at Stavordale Priory , given by Mr. F. G. Sage ; Romano - British relics found in 1904 in Killings Knap Quarry , presented ...
... town ; various Somerton items presented by Mr. E. W. Valentine ; several antiquities found during the alterations at Stavordale Priory , given by Mr. F. G. Sage ; Romano - British relics found in 1904 in Killings Knap Quarry , presented ...
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... much appreciated the compliment the parent Society had paid the town of Shepton Mallet in coming to hold its annual meeting there for the third time . The adoption of the Report was then put to the Report of the Council . 9.
... much appreciated the compliment the parent Society had paid the town of Shepton Mallet in coming to hold its annual meeting there for the third time . The adoption of the Report was then put to the Report of the Council . 9.
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... town would not take their turn in watching the beacon on Mendip . In 1624 owing to the increase of crime in the county , and the distance of the House of Correction at Taunton and Ilchester , the Court ordered another House to be built ...
... town would not take their turn in watching the beacon on Mendip . In 1624 owing to the increase of crime in the county , and the distance of the House of Correction at Taunton and Ilchester , the Court ordered another House to be built ...
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... Town of Shepton Malet . How long it has been a town , and when it ceased to be a hamlet of Pilton , I have failed to discover . In its earliest days it had not reached a position of sufficient im- portance to give its name to the stream ...
... Town of Shepton Malet . How long it has been a town , and when it ceased to be a hamlet of Pilton , I have failed to discover . In its earliest days it had not reached a position of sufficient im- portance to give its name to the stream ...
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... town , and kept a jealous eye on the com- binations of the democratic craftsmen . The latter could not become freemen unless they gave up their trade , and they were harassed in their trade by vexatious restrictions put upon them by the ...
... town , and kept a jealous eye on the com- binations of the democratic craftsmen . The latter could not become freemen unless they gave up their trade , and they were harassed in their trade by vexatious restrictions put upon them by the ...
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