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A History of the County of Somerset
… date from the 16th century, were built on strips of orchard. Most dwellings in the late 18th century were one-and … and gallery. 20 The Grange, two dwellings in 1975, is a high-quality 17th-century three-room, cross-passage house, … strips in the late 18th century, probably because of the high value of the soil. Few turnips were grown and hedges …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… W. window is of two pointed lights in a two-centred head; high up in the N. and S. walls are windows, both of one plain …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of eight contour strip lynchets with risers up to 20 ft. high covers some 15 acres. These and two other strip lynchets … 160 yds. long. The bank is 30 ft. across and about 3 ft. high; the ditch is 21 ft. wide and 1 ft. deep. To the W. it … has been much damaged. The bank is 12 ft. wide and 2 ft. high; the ditch is 15 ft. wide and less than 1 ft. deep. On …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… monument to the family of Walter, of whom David Walter was high sheriff of the county, and commanded a regiment of horse … town was the rope-yard, a range of building three stories high, and about 1080 feet in length, in which ropes of … is connected with the wings, which are two stories high, by arched portals of stone forming the entrances into …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… of St. Nicholas, Plumstead, stands on the N. side of the High Street. The walls of the old building are generally of … modern and the westernmost of late 12th-century date, set high in the wall and of a single round-headed light; below it … with an open four-centred arch on the W. side and a window high up in the N. wall, of two four-centred lights in a …
The Environs of London
… the direction of a Commission of Sewers. The Thames at high-tide is nearly a mile wide at Woolwich, and the water, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Eccleshall to Newport, in Shropshire; and near it is a high paved road which Dr. Plot considers to be a Roman via … surrounding country, which is extremely fertile and in a high state of cultivation. It consists principally of one …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and moulded capitals, the shafts raised on bases 20c mm. high. The E. respond has a polygonal half-shaft with a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Leigh, and Kidlington; Freeland church was a centre of high churchmanship and controversy from its foundation in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… reg. 55. Inf. from the agent for the Crown Estate Com., 42 High Street, Marlborough. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii (1), …