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A History of the County of Somerset
… a royal demesne group. 209 The most important element, the centre of life, in these little towns was the market. Its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Geology and early settlement in the Witney area. An estate centre on or near the site of the modern town of Witney … by the 1660s had become the chief market and population centre for west Oxfordshire. Mechanization in the 19th … Witney as a major commercial, industrial, and residential centre, boosting the town's population from under 4,000 in …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… and vague tendencies of the Reformation. The King was the centre of English society and of English nationality; round …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… in length, and of proportional height and breadth. The centre of the ceiling of the first hall was entirely covered … the other they were removed; and on each side of the centre one, which was the largest, stood two enormous … could have been raised in so short a space of time. In the centre to the front stood the royal throne, on which the King …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… of Henry VIII. Gayest among the gay, the head and centre of the brilliant throng by whom he was surrounded, the …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… the central position of Christendom, and, like the centre on which a great machinery revolves, had to endure the …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… eighteenth centuries, especially, the most significant centre for the production and performance of church music in …
Calendar of the plea and memoranda rolls of the city of London
… Many reasons may be suggested. The City's fame as a centre of opportunity acted as a magnet throughout the …