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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a central lozenge-shaped pond with a flat, circular island in the middle. The enclosing ditches are linked to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… are a later re-building. The Moat encloses a rectangular island about 150 ft. by 120 ft. now vacant of buildings. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by Thomas Orde Powlett, Lord Bolton, when governor of the island, and commands a noble prospect of Spithead, and the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1945 some dairy herds were replaced by cattle reared for beef. 2 From 1972 most of Wootton Rivers's land has been …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the inhabitants, abandoning the city, retired to the river-island Bevere, in which they fortified themselves, determined … abandoned the city, and shut themselves up in the island of Bevere. In the parliamentary war, Worcester was the … Scotland. Upon the Cloffocks, an extra-parochial meadow or island north-east of the town, on the banks of the Derwent, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Marshall's Barn, about m. S.W. of (4). e(6). At Franklin's Island, nearly m. E. of (4). e(7). At Montpelier's Farm, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to provide its inmates with bread, cheese, and beer, and beef or mutton at least once a week. In 1803 £544 18 s. 6 d. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 54 metres, with some red sandstone walling visible on the island. To the south-east lay a fishpond, to the east a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… common or waste. It includes the northern end of Portsea Island, across which are strong lines of defence, and which … and Langston harbours. Great, and part of Little, Horsea island, at the upper end of the former harbour, are also in … 649 meadow and pasture. Within its limits is Magna Charta island, a small islet in the Thames, on which King John, at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… considered the safest and most expeditious passage to the island: a steamer plies daily between Yarmouth and Lymington. …