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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… most considerable is that of Oldney, which is about a mile long, and a quarter of a mile wide, and is used for the … that of Assynt is pre-eminent; it is above seven miles long, and about a mile broad, with banks in most places … of various sorts: the limestone and coal have been long extensively wrought, and of the former, there are two …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… buy and sell, remain, abide and converse in the same so long as it shall please them; take up any kind of Provision …
Survey of London
… probably dates back to an earlier period, perhaps not long after the partition of the Wheler estate in 1675, when … by three ribbon-bows to form a double festoon with long pendants terminating in Rococo ornaments, the whole … patterned glazed doors of mahogany. At each end of the long wall opposite the windows is a doorway, with a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… suffered during the siege; a visitor arriving there not long afterwards found it depopulated, 'all the windows broken … is said to have been in the north-east corner, a small gallery giving access to the Fitzalan chapel behind its high … 1635 had mentioned the cloister and gardens, and 'a fair long building' nearby, perhaps the hall, in which quarter …
Survey of London
… in reply stated that one Tarry dwelt in the messuage long since and built a new house, joining it to part of the … because she was a very old woman and not likely to be of long continuance in this world." Her nephew, Martin, on her … Sir Francis, and a very remarkable man. In the course of a long life he married four times, his first wife, whom he …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Both arable and brookland pasture in the area have long been highly regarded. Arable was dominant in the mid … There were medieval chapels of ease in Felpham and Yapton, long disused. Nonconformists, especially Presbyterians, were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which are commonly called Bagshot diamonds. The village is long and scattered, and situated in a dreary part of the … English style, with a tower; the south transept contains a gallery for the family, and in the north are handsome … spun in Cornwall, was procured by Mr. John Ford, which has long been discontinued. It was made a stannary town by …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (1749)], while another had 'A parcel of Oak and Ash Stafs long and short' [Inventories (1752)]. Other parts of the tree … as the HORSE, but distinguished by its smaller size and long ears. It has rarely been noted in in the Dictionary …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… and above the doorway is a carved mermaid; the door has long moulded panels on the outer face and strap-hinges. The … to W. It is enclosed on its E., W. and S. sides by three long mounds or ramparts the crests of which slope downwards … is a mound (marked Tumulus on the O.S.) about 102 ft. long by 57 ft. across its widest part and 13 ft. high. It …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… elegant pattern. The stone is somewhat more than six feet long, flat in the centre, and probably the workmanship of the …