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A History of the County of Gloucester
… WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN, a large rural parish of scattered hamlets and farmsteads, lies 6 miles southwest of Gloucester between the River Severn and the Forest of Dean … the road southwards to Blue Boys Farm. Among them is the Dove House which has a curiously elaborate brick front of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Inventory of historical monuments in West London Westminster 16. … brackets between which are cherub-heads and a Holy Dove over the middle window. The Corinthian pilasters … on left arm Child with halo and orb; above, in circle, a dove, and, in head of light, two angels with drapery; robed …
Old and New London
… around; I stepp'd with noiseless foot, as though the sound of mortal tread Might burst the bands of the dreamless sleep … exceedingly bright. He had in one hand a sceptre and dove, and in the other a sceptre and cross, which measured … to the right shoulder. In the left hand was the rod and dove, which passed over the shoulder and reached to the ear. …
Old and New London
… gods, like mortals there they sleep; Making the circle of their reign complete, Those suns of empire, where they … sceptre with the cross; Dr. Heywood, the sceptre with the dove; Dr. Nicholas, the orb with the cross; Dr. Killegrew, … of state to the Earl of Manchester; the sceptre with the dove to the Duke of Albemarle; the orb with the cross to the …
Old and New London
… The church building CHAPTER LI. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.A SURVEY OF THE BUILDING. "How reverend is the face of all this pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble … into the arms of Liberty. Peace (with the olive-branch and dove) is reclining on his knee, whilst in the foreground is …
Old and New London
… For courtly joust or tourney brave." Cavalier Song. Origin of the Word "Tothill"Punishment of NecromancersGrant of a Market and Fair to be held in … 'Pety Caleys,' and all messuages, houses, barns, stables, dove-houses, orchards, gardens, pools, fisheries, waters, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.W.) Weston-under-Penyard is a parish adjoining that of Ross on the E. The church, rectory, Lower Weston, and … road ( Iter XIII), "Ariconium" is placed at a distance of eleven miles from "Blestium" (which may have been … but above it is an oval panel with two cherub-heads, a dove and a book with the words "Dominus illuminatio mea." …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… aSY 67 NE, bSY 68 SE, cSY 68 NE, dSY 78 SW) The parish of Weymouth, coterminous with the municipal borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, lies on the W. side of … symbols, angels with scrolls, sacred monograms, Holy Dove, triangular Trinity, cup, prayer-book, floral and …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Wheathampstead with Harpenden Manors MANORS The manor of WHEATHAMPSTEAD was ancient demesne of the crown, 18 and was granted in words that amounted to a … the fishing appertaining to the river, the moiety of the dove-house, and all fines levied before the justices of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (O.S. 6 in. xxiii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist, stands E. of the village. The walls are partly of limestone rubble and … N. end the gable, has two rows of square openings for a dove-cot; the projecting chimney stack is original and of …