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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... ancient building of tim- ber , under which is the common gaol for the borough . Aldborough first exercised the elective franchise in the 13th of Elizabeth , since which time it has returned two members to parliament . The right of ...
... ancient building of tim- ber , under which is the common gaol for the borough . Aldborough first exercised the elective franchise in the 13th of Elizabeth , since which time it has returned two members to parliament . The right of ...
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... ancient structure , containing nine monuments , elegantly sculptured , supposed to represent different members of the De la Beche family , and to have been executed in the fourteenth century : the tombs are dis- posed under enriched ...
... ancient structure , containing nine monuments , elegantly sculptured , supposed to represent different members of the De la Beche family , and to have been executed in the fourteenth century : the tombs are dis- posed under enriched ...
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... ancient intrenchment , of a square form supposed to be Roman . ALLENHEAD , or ALLONHEAD , a hamlet ( for- merly a ... ancient structure , called Barrow Peel , to the west of which is Ridlee Cairn hill supposed to have been burial ...
... ancient intrenchment , of a square form supposed to be Roman . ALLENHEAD , or ALLONHEAD , a hamlet ( for- merly a ... ancient structure , called Barrow Peel , to the west of which is Ridlee Cairn hill supposed to have been burial ...
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... ancient building , probably of Saxon architecture ; it is dedicated to St. Mary and St. Me- lorius , and has recently been completely repaired : it is warmed by a pair of very handsome stoves , which cost £ 189 , and were presented by ...
... ancient building , probably of Saxon architecture ; it is dedicated to St. Mary and St. Me- lorius , and has recently been completely repaired : it is warmed by a pair of very handsome stoves , which cost £ 189 , and were presented by ...
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... ancient oaks which ornament the park . The town , pleasantly si- tuated between two hills , is irregularly built , paved with pebbles , and amply supplied with water ; it has been of late years considerably improved by the removal of ...
... ancient oaks which ornament the park . The town , pleasantly si- tuated between two hills , is irregularly built , paved with pebbles , and amply supplied with water ; it has been of late years considerably improved by the removal of ...
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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.