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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Schaffhausen, in Switzerland. This person, travelling for improvement, had visited the foundry in Moorfields at the … of turf, which are thrown up by the students for their improvement in the art of fortification. On the north of the …
The Environs of London
… Greenwich to Gravesend are now under the direction of a Commission of Sewers. The Thames at high-tide is nearly a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… betrayed Colonel Fiennes' soldiers to Prince Rupert; and a commission was appointed by authority of the parliament, … in 1815; there is also a society for the encouragement and improvement of native artists, whose first exhibition of … on the coast: the entrance is lighted with gas. Great improvement was effected in enlarging the quays, by the late …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… supplied with water by commissioners appointed for its improvement, who have erected an elegant town-hall, in which …
A History of the County of York
… of the canons, several of whom were deprived by the High Commission for not complying with the order; 9 and the city … and in the same year a fine of £1,000 imposed by the High Commission at York was granted to the minster by Charles I … The nave services would not have been possible without an improvement in lighting and the introduction of heating. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1875 contained 2,735 a. including Worthing. 2 When an improvement commission for the growing town was established in 1803, 3 it …