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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… into cultivation. The soil is extremely various; along the banks of the Tay, in the lower part of the parish, it is … diversified with bays, headlands, and undulating banks, enriched with plantations to the water's edge, and … with its picturesque windings through the strath, and its banks, ornamented with gentlemen's seats, good farm-houses, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a bank probably representing a former dam. Various other banks to the E. and S.E. of the village and site no doubt … Immediately N. of the Swannery are a number of parallel banks about 48 ft. from centre to centre with cross-banks forming a series of long rectangular basins, probably …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Browne noted that it 'groweth plentifully ... by the banks of the Norwich river, ... [and] hath been transplanted …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… hilly districts; and of elm and ash near the river, the banks of which are, in some places, decorated with … the narrowness of its channel, frequently overflows its banks, and damages the neighbouring lands. In 1829, a very … but it is considered salubrious, particularly about the banks of the Dee, and near the Tanner. Invalids frequently …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… have been lost. The episcopal palace is situated on the banks of the Towy, whose meanderings through the grounds … 890 inhabitants. The village is pleasantly situated on the banks of the river Cowin, about two miles westward from the … and pasture in nearly equal portions. The scenery on the banks of the river Wye, which forms the northern boundary, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to the abbot of Selby, is pleasantly situated on the banks of the navigable river Ouse. A college for a provost …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… fades out into an area of indeterminate scarps and banks with no coherent form, though the 1671 map certainly …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… January 20, 1405/6. (227 d, Arundel, pt. i.) Richard Banks.To be buried in the church next to the body of Margaret … d., to other canons 20 d. Witnesses: John Walden, Richard Banks, John Feld, and others. Dated within the priory, A. D. …