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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Whittington WHITTINGTON (12 miles N. of Cirencester) The Romano-British major settlement at Wycomb … streets and a temple, but no enclosing wall. The site of the Roman settlement was abandoned before the creation of the former parish boundary with Dowdeswell, which crossed …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 74 SW, c SP 64 NE, d SP 64 SE) The parish, once a chapelry of Greens Norton, covers some 1000 hectares and is heavily … It is almost entirely on Boulder Clay with small patches of glacial sands and gravels, and bands of Oolitic limestones … it was probably an Iron Age settlement. OS Record Cards state that its surrounding bank was 2 m. across and 0.6 m. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Whittlesford hundred WHITTLESFORD HUNDRED The small hundred of Whittlesford, almost due south of Cambridge, extends for about 6 miles from the river Granta … the north to the Essex boundary in the south. It consists of the same five parishes or townships in the upper valley of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Whorlton Whitton WHITTON, a township, in the parish of Grindon, union of Stockton, N. E. division of Stockton ward, S. division of … it is an interesting ruin, and is preserved with great care. Whitwell WHITWELL, a parish, in the union of …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Rev. J. Aldis, and in the evening staid at home on account of my cough. Cold and dry. No news. 29. Went on with 'Toast … and cut up some wood. Mild day and roads in an awful state. Nearly all the ice disappeared off the river and the … that they suffered severely and we lost a good many officers 7. Went out canvassing for blind boy; bad success. …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… It is certain that the war has done us (the engravers) a great deal of harm, but we would not have a bad peace on account of … there is going to be a parliamentary commission on the state of the railway (especially the bridges which are said …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… etc. There has just been opened for traffic a new branch of the North Eastern Railway (from Durham to Bishop Auckland) … made out lots of blocks etc. Very cold and snowing. The great Bell (big Ben by name) for the Houses of Parliament is … the crew safe on shore, although they were in a very bad state from being exposed the greater part of the night to the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… been the greatest distress among all classes in all parts of the country. Let us try to be proportionably grateful. 2. … the destroyer, has been making his ravages among the great ones of the earth. This morning's Times contained the … locomotive, drew title to missionary map etc. The state of the London barracks is attracting public attention. …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Oh, what a world it is. Or at least what a strange world of creatures we are. My father came in this evening and in … manaical manner. It resembled the conduct of Frederick the Great's father more than any other example I can give. 4. … finished alphabet, etc. Fine, but streets in a filthy state. Last night I was told, one of the staircases at the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… evening. No news. A very fine day. The Head Superintendent of the police has done today what he ought to have done last … Estcourt, Jones, Campbell, Brown etc, in fact of all the officers of any note out there. There were also many … I hear that the roads in the Crimea are in a very wretched state. That is bad enough, but not so bad as last winter, …