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Survey of London
… 'for a man who was intending to build himself a house in town, the choice was between something striking by the hand … Webb). He also noted its character half-way between a town and country house, retaining the location of domestic … greatly altered and is a fine survival of a Shaw-style town house. No. 167 Queen's Gate, plans (hatched areas not …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Llanvair-Yn-Muallt BUILTH, or LLANVAIR-YN-MUALLT, a market-town and parish, the head of a union, and anciently a … applied generally to the territory within which the town is situated, and is derived from the Welsh Bu, "an ox," … the use to which it was appropriated. The origin of the town is involved in very great obscurity; some writers, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Sands, N. division of Lancashire; adjoining the town of Lancaster, comprising 1086 acres of land, and … adjoining the north and north-west boundaries of the town of Morpeth, and consists principally of one row of … ( St. Mary), an ancient parish, and a member of the town and port of Hastings, in the union and rape of Hastings, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… and five Hayes, is said to be without the bounds of any Town or Parish, and to pay no Tythes. 2 Philip de Willughby … 27 E. 3, upon which the Prior disclaimed them, and the Town of Bulwell was found to have pastured in them. Sir … and all the regarders of the Forest, and the whole Town of Bullwell, and many strangers on either part, 3 29 E. …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… not by what service he held it. 12 The King had the whole Town of Bulewell, with ten bovats in Hemdeshill, and received … in which some old essarts were made to belong to the Town of Bullwell. It is got to be a kind of a Corporation, …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… grounds to the south, if Bungay were now a fortified town it could not sustain the siege of a single day; but in … now, perchance, nothing in the site but a neat and modern town; and, immersed in railroad speculation and its gains, … Domesday Book was compiled. There is a third manor in this town called the Priory, having been the lordship of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bungay - Burgham Bungay BUNGAY, a market-town, in the union and hundred of Wangford, E. division of … and the flames spread with such rapidity that the whole town, with the exception of one small street, was reduced to … as the hospital for travellers and strangers. The town is pleasantly situated on the river Waveney, which here …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… dean of Yarmouth, keeps and maintains fornicators in the town, taking of them bribes, and does not correct them. Fined …