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A History of the County of Middlesex
… only being beaten by a yard in this race.) A. Shrubb, 3 miles in 14 min. 17 sec on 21 May 1900 F. Appleby, 15 miles in 1 hr. 20 min. 4 sec " 21 July 1902 W. G. George ran 11 miles 932 yds. in 1 hr " 28 July 1884 G. Crossland ran 20 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and Mr. Wright-Nooth. The eighteen-hole course is about 3 miles round, the length of the holes ranging from 150 to 543 … the President's and the Vice President's Cup. Some 4 miles to the east of Stanmore are the links of the Edgware … east side of the main road from Hendon to Mill Hill; and 2 miles to the north of this is the Finchley Golf Club, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1835, says that it extended from Scratch Wood, seven miles from London and then part of Wormwood Scrubbs, to Cirencester, a distance of upwards of eighty miles; while 'Cecil,' writing in 1854, makes Scratch Wood five miles from London, and says that the Old Berkeley country …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in the afternoon, and to have covered no less than forty miles in her chaise. 52 Both of her immediate successors …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, and the Marathon Race (26 miles, 385 yards), the course of which began on the East Lawn … Steeplechase, A. Russell, United Kingdom (9) Five Miles Race, E. R. Voigt, United Kingdom (10) Ten-Miles Walk, G. E. Larner, United Kingdom (11) Marathon Race, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… We hear of 'long distance' rows, such as that of 100 miles rowed by 'six gentlemen of the Amicus Cutter Club crew' … in 1821; and another in the following year of eighty miles from the Tower Stairs to the Nore Light by eight … fourteen of the twenty hours occupied in covering the 115 miles being spent in the boat. 53 Four amateur clubs are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Fittings Bells: six; 3rd by John Hodson, 1653, 5th by Miles Graye, 1635. Brass: In chancelsaid to be of Thomas …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Eddisbury, S. division of the county of Chester, 4 miles (S. E. by E.) from Tarporley; containing 508 … of Abingdon, hundred of Dorchester, county of Oxford, 5 miles (N.) from Bensington; containing 384 inhabitants, and … the hundred of Pirehill and of the county of Stafford, 4 miles (N.) from Burslem; containing 309 inhabitants, located …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… inscription is this: Hie jacent Dominus Adamarus de Atholl miles & Domina Maria uxor ejus qu obiit quarto decimo die …