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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and forms the upper portion of the parish, where the ground is bleak and mountainous, the inhabitants thinly … from whom he expected a hostile attack, he razed it to the ground. From that time it does not appear that it was ever … rise abruptly, and almost perpendicularly, from the level ground, and present an unbroken face to the summit, so as to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… painted with the crowned initials Ihs in black on a white ground, alternating with white and red stars on discs; the … The front has two three-light transomed windows to the ground floor and three three-light windows to the first … The front has two 17th-century five-light windows on the ground floor and some two and four-light windows on the first …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of 30,000, including the purchase of twelve acres of ground for parade, and for performing the different … temple of Diana, was rebuilt in the reign of Mary, and the ground of the churchyard, which had risen to an enormous … of 893 feet. From the ordinary elevation of the cliff the ground rises, in most places very rapidly, to the height of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… FUSTIC. OED earliest date of use: 1812 Found described as GROUND, of the growth of Cephalonia See also FUSTIC. Sources: …
Survey of London
… early eighteenth-century date comprising two storeys above ground and basement with an attic in a tiled roof. The brick … of No. 10, York Buildings Condition of Repair. Very good. Ground Landlords. Nos. 6 and 7J. Allnutt & Co. Ltd.; No. 8R. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… this area had been occupied by a cemetery. 1 The Roman ground surface, about 30 ft. above sea level, was overlaid by … divided into three bays by pilasters; the windows of the ground floor had rounded pediments and the doorway had a … Prison. 65 In illustrating the following account, the ground-floor plan and elevations of Clifford's Tower are …
Survey of London
… at the River side is; and this was done on a Moorish Ground, whereon no New Building could stand any time without … Duchess also tried to expel Gerbier from his house on the ground that he was an alien, but the attempt seems to have … the property for building. Owing to the fact that the ground was mortgaged two or three deep the transactions which …
Survey of London
… side from north to south, from "lez barres" there to the ground in the tenure of Thomas a Legh, 108 feet 11 inches; in … wall of the Archbishop of York's inn on the north to the ground of Thomas a Legh on the south 54 feet; and in width … the corner of the archbishop's wall to Thomas a Legh's ground, 90 feet. What use Wolsey made of these additions to …
Survey of London
… Court bears the inscription: George Court M 17 G + E 78 Ground Landlords. The George P. H.Hoare & Co. Ltd.; No. …
Survey of London
… soap factory, 91 which stood east of Narrow Wall (i.e. on ground between Belvedere Road and York Road and adjoining … obtained an Act 92 authorizing the development of this ground for building. The road was cut in 1824, and between … Warburton obtained from the Archbishop a building lease of ground described as being partly in Float Mead and partly in …