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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a rock, now called the Pudding-pan, which is supposed by some to have been the island Caunos mentioned by Ptolemy, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… and has a later extension on the W. Inside the building some ceiling-beams are exposed. ConditionGood. (3). Bridge … in stone. It was built early in the 17th century, and has some exposed ceiling-beams. ConditionFairly good. (4). …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… over the river. A fair for cattle held on August 24th, was some years ago of great resort. The living is a vicarage, … to purchase land for it; and Joshua Webster, in 1681, gave some land for teaching ten children: the total income is 73. … a British chieftain, was slain, in an attempt to expel some Irish invaders. According to the bards, it was …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Syreford gravel pit, in the N.W. corner of Wycomb field. Some of the debris came from a shallow pit immediately beside … to Mr. Cox for this and for much other information, some of it embodied in the accompanying plan. The span of … adjoining diagram, together with the probable position of some of the early excavated features, and of others more …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… SE) The parish, once a chapelry of Greens Norton, covers some 1000 hectares and is heavily wooded. It is almost … lies at the highest point, in the W. of the parish, some 155 m. above OD, and from this point small streams … show the earthworks of a small roughly oval enclosure, some 65 m. by 45 m. Though now totally destroyed it was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… where James II. visited: a chamber in it contains some superior tapestry of that period. The chapel is annexed … containing 1157 inhabitants. This place, like some of the neighbouring villages, has been on the decline … and rocky. Whitwick colliery was opened in 1824: for some years, a stratum 4 feet 3 inches in thickness, at the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… An earlier chapel is said to have existed at Selside Hall. Some of the rubble walling of the existing building may be … cross-wing appears to have been shortened at the W. end at some uncertain date. Early in the 16th century the hall-block … probably of the 17th century. Inside the building are some exposed ceiling-beams. The early 16th-century inserted …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… 29. Went on with 'Toast rack' and began 'Steel,' cut up some wood and went to Mr Darby at Carpenter Smith's Wharf. … today, to Mr Leigh's to ask him to preach at Maze Pond some time in March, which he complied with. Mama went to the … over again, and went on with soup plate and traced some cuneiform characters belonging to the British Museum. No …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… service to us, in many particulars. In forming depots in some of their ports, or they would be handy in case of … If they pursue the subject diligently we shall have some chance of seeing the Thames that beautiful river again, … or without influencing others. And as Mr Deheny had been some time previously ill, I do not think that the law, if …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Dull. Yesterday there was a meeting in Smithfield of (some say 25 and others only 10,000. Probably the latter is … a sound sleep," which part I do not believe, especially as some thousands rushed out of their houses and passed the … held several peaceable meetings in Smithfield at which some of them have enforced the opinion (not a bad one) that …