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Old and New London
… oxen is well-nigh incalculable. The number of metropolitan fountains and troughs at the end of the year 1874 was as follows:276 fountains, 72 large cattle-troughs, and 199 small troughs for …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… course 10 which perhaps lay close to the grange which Fountains abbey established in the 13th century. 11 Also from … it was not repopulated after their estate was acquired by Fountains abbey in 1383. 26 There was at least one house … 48 All this was subsequently granted by the priory to Fountains abbey, and Fountains got 2 more bovates from …
Old and New London
… the lordly terrace of Saint Germains, the statues and fountains of Versailles. In the midst of this splendour, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… people, well dressed, were assembled to see him. The fountains (some of them) were got by Sir J Paxton into play … Fine day. The Crystal Palace have now nearly got all the fountains ready, so that they will be able to be used very … Altogether they have taken 240 ships. On Saturday the fountains played for the first time at the Crystal Palace, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… and went today to witness the opening of the grand fountains and waterworks there. It was said that they (the fountains) were thrown to a height of 250 feet and many say …