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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… each side of the Avebury road south-east of its junction with the Street. 50 At the north-eastern farmstead Yatesbury … century or the early 18th; it had a main eastwest range with a south entrance front, and a short north wing at the … spring meeting was held with a view of frankpledge. The combined court proceeded on the presentments of a joint …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… rectory, rated in the king's books at 5. 3. 9., endowed with 400 private benefaction and 400 royal bounty, and in the … importance. There is a day and Sunday school in connexion with the Established Church. Yn-Dre-Isa (Yn-Y-Dre-Isf) … with fineries for making the refined metal used by the tin-manufacturers. The furnaces are blown by a large …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Llwyd, the learned Welsh antiquary, it is identified with the city termed by the Britons Caer Effioc, and, among the towns mentioned by Ptolemy, with the Eboracum of the Romans. The latter name is probably … besieged by the northern Britons, came over into Britain, with his sons Caracalla and Geta, and a numerous army, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… of 263 acres on both sides of the rivers Ouse and Foss, with a perimeter, omitting stretches of water, of 2 miles. There were four main gates, or bars, all with projecting barbicans, six postern gates, and 44 … a museum. Pairs of adjacent cells have consequently been combined and a cross passage made in the W. wing. A new …
Survey of London
… In 1536, the King, after providing the Bishop of Norwich with a house in Cannon Row, Westminster, granted 190 Norwich … to the office of "kepying of the Bysshop of Norwyche place with the profightes of the gardeyns there." The Duke had … commonly called Suffolke Place alias Norwiche place with the appurtenances and 50 messuages, 10 cottages, 4 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the north; the line of coast is in some parts alternated with small bays and with projecting headlands, one of which is named Gurnard's … It has quarries of granite used for building, and some tin-mines, but the substratum of the greater part is a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Baker says this fish is very rare, but that he has met with specimens in Taunton market from the south coast, and in … Bay. Specimens of small size are often brought to market with other fish. Baker has seen a specimen from the estuary … yearly take averages about 700 birds, chiefly teal. The combined average total for the three Sedgemoor pools for the …