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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the scenery beautifully varied. On Harlow Hill is an observatory, erected in 1830, by Mr. John Thompson, and … has been discovered a short distance west of the observatory; and within a few yards is another fine spring, …
Old and New London
… house is now an hotel; on its roof was till lately a small observatory built by a subsequent tenant, but often supposed …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… archdeacon of Rochester, left nearly 2,000 to build an observatory in Cambridge and found a chair of astronomy. Soon …
A History of the County of Surrey
… at Denmark Hill, and died there in 1898. He erected a fine observatory in his grounds. Famous also was Grove Hill, where …
A History of the County of Surrey
… (see above), founder of the Radcliffe Library and Observatory at Oxford, who during his residence at Carshalton …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of a Chinese pagoda and bridge in the grounds, and an observatory from which a fine view over Southampton Water is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wittenham (Berks.) from 1794, and astronomer at the royal observatory, Kew, 17821840; 235 he was an early proponent of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… north-west view was published by Buck Another from the Observatory, by Bigamy, was engraved by S. Toms; and another … his park, since called Greenwich-castle, and now the Observatory, (as will be shewn below) and stiling this manor, … walled round the park, as at present, and erected a royal observatory on the top of the hill in the park, where duke …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Cambridge University, built the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory on the site, 78 which was bought from the … Maypole farm, and the land occupied by the radio astronomy observatory. Little evidence has been found of the way in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… collection of books. From the east side of the library an observatory was built out early in the 19th century, but has …