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A History of the County of Oxford
… or 18th- century farmhouse; there is no evidence to sup- port the local opinion that it was the medieval rectory …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of the promontory of Lleyn, and is equidistant from the port of Pwllheli on the eastern, and Porth-Dinllaen on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Sir James Thornhill painted the hall ceiling in 1716, and Louis Laguerre the saloon in 1718. 84 The plasterwork of the … enemies, was changed to the surviving vast marble bust of Louis XIV, which fell into the duke's hands after the sack of … duke's morning room to the north were receiled in ornate Louis XIV style. 4 The conversion of the theatre into offices …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… the Wednesday before the Feast of St. John, before the Port Latin, 8 E. 1, mentioned in Arnold, before Galfr. de …
Old and New London
… red brick and stone dressings, in the domestic Tudor and Louis XIV. style of architecture, whilst some of the … chain the next day. In this street died, in 1858, Monsieur Louis Augustin Prevost, a celebrated linguist. The son of a …
Old and New London
… of the artist, though in our (French) busts and statues of Louis XIV. a wig usually encircles the brow of Le Grand …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… upon the northern side of the river Blyth, opposite to the port and town of South Blyth, and is chiefly inhabited by … South or Blyth Nook BLYTH, SOUTH, or Blyth Nook, a sea-port and chapelry, partly in the parish of Horton, but … in the parish of Horton, 1921 inhabitants. The river and port were of much importance to the bishops of Durham in …
Survey of London
… Royalist who had led an adventurous life in the support of Louis XVI, retired here. He died in the house in 1827 and was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and Arundel. The estuary of this rife formed the port or haven of Bognor, to which there are occasional … out in the second half of the 19th century. Close to the port and Felpham Bridge stood the windmill of Pygnore. This …