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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… decayed borough and market-town: the market has been long disused, but there is a fair for cattle on the Tuesday …
A History of the County of Somerset
… deposits. This district includes the richest grazing grounds in the country; much of it is marsh or moorland and … are left bare, and these are the favourite feeding-grounds of large flocks of dunlin, ringed plover and curlew; … and Blackdown Hills. There are some very good 'snipe grounds' in the county, where sometimes a great many are shot …
A History of the County of Somerset
… attractive objects of research. But there are some grounds for believing that even the modest branch of zoology …