The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales: Adapted to the Most Recent Statistical Arrangements, and Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication, with a Complete County-atlas of England ... Maps of Wales, and an Appendix, Containing ... the Census of 1841, Том 3A. Fullarton & Company, 1851 |
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... Henry VIII . to Sir Wm . Sharing- ton . " The remains of this ancient nunnery - more extensive , perhaps , than those of any other house of the kind in the kingdom - have been fitted up as a private residence , and were long occupied as ...
... Henry VIII . to Sir Wm . Sharing- ton . " The remains of this ancient nunnery - more extensive , perhaps , than those of any other house of the kind in the kingdom - have been fitted up as a private residence , and were long occupied as ...
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... Henry Wall , leading by an admirably turned archway be- Huntingdou comendeth him for princely liberalitye , neath the Waterloo road . In this vicinity a fine taking thoccasion of his praise at that which others wet dock has been ...
... Henry Wall , leading by an admirably turned archway be- Huntingdou comendeth him for princely liberalitye , neath the Waterloo road . In this vicinity a fine taking thoccasion of his praise at that which others wet dock has been ...
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... Henry VII . , Catherine of Arragon , and Queen Elizabeth , especially the last , who often remained here for several days , visiting Archbishops Parker and Whitgift . It was fortified in 1641 , by Arch- bishop Laud , on previous notice ...
... Henry VII . , Catherine of Arragon , and Queen Elizabeth , especially the last , who often remained here for several days , visiting Archbishops Parker and Whitgift . It was fortified in 1641 , by Arch- bishop Laud , on previous notice ...
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... Henry Wharton ; 3. Those formerly belonging to George , lord Carew , earl of Totness ( the two last purchased by Archbishop Tenison ) . And 4. Those of Tenison , given by that archbishop . They are thus numbered : - Codices MSS ...
... Henry Wharton ; 3. Those formerly belonging to George , lord Carew , earl of Totness ( the two last purchased by Archbishop Tenison ) . And 4. Those of Tenison , given by that archbishop . They are thus numbered : - Codices MSS ...
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... Henry III . made his second son , Edmund Plantagenet , surnamed Crouch- back , earl of Lancaster , and conferred on ... Henry of Bolingbroke , this duchy and the estates passed to the crown , and were held , successively , by him , as ...
... Henry III . made his second son , Edmund Plantagenet , surnamed Crouch- back , earl of Lancaster , and conferred on ... Henry of Bolingbroke , this duchy and the estates passed to the crown , and were held , successively , by him , as ...
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Acres aggregate amount aldermen ancient Anglesey annual annum archd arches Asaph Bangor bank bishop of Bangor bishop of St borough Brecon bridge building Builth canal Cardigan Carmarthen castle chapel chapelry Charities charter chiefly church commuted in 1839 corporation court court-leet daily schools David's day and Sunday discharged rectory discharged vicarage district division Earl edifice endowed erected extensive feet formed formerly founded gross income hamlet held Henry Henry VIII Houses hund Lancaster Leeds Leicester Lincoln Liverpool Living Llandaff London Lord Manchester mayor metropolis miles east miles north miles north-west miles south miles west municipal North Wales north-east parish parish includes parliament Patron patronage perpetual curacy place of worship Poor rates principal railway rectory reign returned river Roman side society South Wales south-east south-west Southwark streets Sunday schools Thames tion Tithes commuted tower town township trade union and county vicar vicinity wapentake wards Wesleyan Methodists Westminster
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Сторінка 259 - ... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man...
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Сторінка 204 - ... and, in the west, two castles well fortified. Further westward, about two miles, on the banks of the river, was the royal palace (at Westminster), ' an incomparable structure, guarded by a wall and bulwarks.' Between this and the city was a continued suburb, mingled with large and beautiful gardens and orchards belonging to the citizens, who were themselves every where known, and respected, above all others, for their ' civil demeanour, their goodly apparel, their table, and their discourse.
Сторінка 344 - ... chiefly on the tops of natural hills, and which can be attributed to none of the various people who have ever dwelt in the adjacent country, except to the ancient Britons, although, indeed, the subsequent conquerors, Romans, Saxons, and Danes, and even the Normans, have, on certain emergencies, made use of them on account of their great original strength ; and although erroneous and hasty conjectures, and even the crude reports of the country, have often called them Roman, Danish, or Saxon, yet...
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Сторінка 230 - Bridge was 5 inches, and this was thought a very trifling sinking. The total width of the water-way between the arches is 690 feet, at all times of the tide ; which is 66 feet more than the old bridge afforded at high-water mark. The length of the bridge, from the extremities of the abutments, is 928 feet, within the abutments ; 782 feet. The roadway is 53 feet, between the parapets, being 8 feet wider than the old bridge, and 1 1 feet wider than any other bridge on the Thames.
Сторінка 221 - I should vex myself all the day long with the fantastic mixture of every style of architecture and decoration — the absence of all pure taste — the total want of feeling of measure and proportion. Even the great entrance-hall does not answer its object, because the principal staircase is on one side, and an immense space, scarcely lighted, seems to extend before you as you enter, to no purpose whatever.