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A History of the County of Somerset
… To the south-west the land falls to 5 m. (16 ft.) along Lake Wall and rises to 8 m. (26 ft.) beside the Parrett … and was linked with the Fosse and thus with Glastonbury. Lake Wall, probably built in the late 13th century, provided … lies along the north - south road from the church to Lake Wall, the roads to Bridgwater and Middlezoy which lead …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… area of low lying Oxford Clay in the region of Radipole Lake and by two small escarpments of Cornbrash and Forest … Regis on the banks of the river Wey, N. of Radipole Lake, lies to the W. of the Dorchester Road and has remained …
A History of the County of Essex
… Draper (fl. c. 1526) whose widow Thomasin, then Thomasin Lake, had a life interest in the estate in 1555. In 1544 …
Magna Britannia
… chapelry of St. Bees. The chapelry takes its name from the Lake so called: it is about eleven miles distant from the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Whittlesey Mere, abounding with a variety of fish. This lake is 8 miles in circumference, and is fed by the waters of …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Dr Livingstone; announcing the discovery of another large lake in central Africa. This one which he calls Lake Shirwa is about 20 to 30 miles broad by 50 to 60 long. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… in a western direction for nearly nine miles to the lake of Watten, without attaining an elevation of more than …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 1500 acres, of which about 20 acres form a lake. A market and two fairs, granted by Henry VI., were …