Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year ..., Volume 64

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Pedigrees and arms of various families of Lancashire and Cheshire are included in many of the volumes.
 

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Page 20 - Scheme stands as follows : — A. Fortresses partly inaccessible by reason of precipices, cliffs, or water, defended in part only by artificial works. B. Fortresses on hill-tops with artificial defences, following the natural line of the hill. Or, though usually on high ground, less dependent on natural slopes for protection. c. Rectangular or other enclosures of simple plan (including forts and towns of the Romano-British period). D. Forts consisting only of a mount with encircling moat or fosse....
Page 257 - THAT the Moral Sciences Tripos Examination shall continue during six days, the hours of attendance being from nine to twelve in the morning, and from one to four in the afternoon. 2. That the...
Page xxv - Dropsie, Gout, Scurvy, King's Evil, and many others, is to be sold both in the morning, and at three of the clock in the afternoon.
Page xvii - Congress, Library of. Washington, USA (Per Edward G. Allen & Son, Ltd., 14 Grape Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC) 1891. Nov. 5. Cook, Edmund. Oakfield, Abergele.
Page xxv - In Bartholomew Lane on the back side of the Old Exchange, the drink called Coffee, (which is a very...
Page 320 - Hall, formerly the home of George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends, was offered for sale.
Page 148 - It is not possible to point to any episcopal chair which is not at once seen surrounded by its ' senatus,' its ' presbytery," 'council,
Page xvi - Free Library. Blackburn. 1888. Mar. 22 Bodleian Library. Oxford. 1907. Jan. 5 *Bolton-le-Moors, Free Public Library of. 1890. Nov. 6 *Bootle Free Library. Oriel Road, Bootle. 1888. Mar. 22 Boston Athenasum.
Page xxvi - I say, besides all these qualities, 'tis found already, that this Coffee-drink hath caused a greater sobriety among the nations : For whereas formerly Apprentices and Clerks with others, used to take their mornings...
Page 20 - Fortified mounts, wholly or partly artificial, with remains of an attached court or bailey, or showing two or more such courts. F. Homestead moats, consisting of simple or compound enclosures formed into artificial islands by water moats. G. Enclosures, mostly rectangular, partaking of the form of F, but protected by stronger defensive works, ramparted and fossed, and in some instances provided with outworks. H. Ancient village sites protected by walls, ramparts or fosses. x. Defensive or other works...

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