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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… 1. Dublin. Lord Bellomont to [Mr. Vernon ?]. There came in this morning five packets from England, but no letter from … 10th of last month, which much disturbs me because either in that of the 8th or the 10th, I took some pains to marshal … has a tanned complexion. The second is a man of wit, and bold. He is large, rather highshouldered, and hangs his head …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… with the Bank as yet, I find they are a little restive in returning more money, till they have some certainty what … nor advisable. They say it is not practicable first in point of time, the commissioners not having yet returned … yet many of the under-officers, who must concur in such a proceeding, having places for life, will never …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… were all paid, so that they would be ready to sail in a few days. The squadron for suppressing the pirates in the West Indies will be likewise ready in a short time. … appointed to be wood-ward and is your servant, has made bold with some of the best timber on pretence of his fees. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wilton - Wimpole Wilton WILTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Hale, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward … Wilton (St. James) WILTON ( St. James), a parish, in the union of Thetford, hundred of Grimshoe, W. division of … tolerably entire, and in one place is conspicuous, in a bold and connected line, for ten or twelve miles. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 34 N.W., dTL 34 N.E.) The parish of Wimpole, 2468 acres in extent, lies about 8 m. S.W. of Cambridge. It is bounded … 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, 1790; white marble stele carved in bold relief with a kneeling female mourner garlanding an urn; … John Yorke, 1801; of white marble in the Greek manner, in bold relief; two parents, hands clasped, stand in attitudes …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of Somerset, 34 … engagements between the contending parties took place in the immediate vicinity of this town; in which, according … into thirteen compartments, subdivided into panels of bold design, containing nearly 700 shields with the arms of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… may be said to begin with the coming of St. Birinus in 635 and his conversion to Christianity of King Kynegils. … of this church can only be left to conjecture, but Wolstan in his poem on St. Swithun 1 mentions a tower, apparently a … masonry of the piers, but all the detail is very bold and vigorous, and the lines of the high vault entirely …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in the Domesday Survey in connexion with the manor … formed part of some older building. The Clewer tower has a bold battering plinth, but was raised in 1863 and cased … above these a row of sham loops. The whole is crowned by a bold machicolated parapet, which is interrupted towards the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winestead (St. German) WINESTEAD ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of … Hedon; containing 139 inhabitants. The parish is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of … of the high grounds the views are very extensive, and both bold and beautiful. The Amber, a small stream, runs through …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Winkeburne. Wincheburne WINKEBURNE. WINCHEBURNE. In Wincheburne before the coming of the Normans, Swayne had … Gislebert de Tysun (whose fee it became afterwards) 1 had in demesne two car. and fifteen sochm. on four bov. of land, … park. Winkburne chapel is situate near the Hall. It has a bold tower, and one aisle. In the chancel are two mural …
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