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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the new shire hall on the South Brink, was used for French prisoners of war. This jail was closed in 1846 and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… elsewhere, for instance the west gallery with 18th-century French boiseries, and the library with Flemish Gothic and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rising food prices, and in the 1790s the impact of the French wars, prompted further crises, marked by severe … was ended through the mediation of a magistrate. 142 The French wars of the 1790s, like earlier conflicts, brought …
A History of the County of Oxford
… tradesmen, and farmers' of the area by offering English, French and Latin, arithmetic, and natural science, together …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was the Witney mason William Biles, and the builder Elijah French. 252 The chapel was renovated in 1907, when stained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… gabled bellcot, replacing an earlier conical bellcot in French style. In 1851 there were 499 sittings. 222 An organ …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… described as BLUE - GREY, BROAD, BROWN, COARSE, DRAB, FRENCH, GREEN, NARROW, NEW, RED - GREY, SHORT, WHITE, YARD …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… brought from one of the monasteries suppressed at the French revolution. At the east end of the south aisle is an …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The masonry is said to have been carried out by French masons and every possible use was made of stone rather …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… lights and tracery; the lower opening now contains modern french doors and the upper one is blocked; in the gable is a … has a central thatched porch supported by rough poles, french windows to each side and round-headed windows above, …