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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is elevated, the air healthy, and the soil, though of inferior quality, has been improved by cultivation. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… about 1240 acres. There are some quarries of stone, for inferior buildings, and for repairing roads; and many of the … fluted column, 130 feet high, surmounted by a statue of Britannia, erected to the memory of Admiral Lord Nelson, and, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… ground is composed of Midford Sands and the higher land of Inferior Oolite limestone, but in the east there are thin …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… 1000. Meadow hay and other crops are also raised, but in inferior proportions; and ponies, cattle, and sheep traverse …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the character of the nave, to which it was before greatly inferior; in 1370, the central tower was taken down, and in … oats, is raised only in very small quantities on the inferior moorish soils. The old pasture lands, forming by far … There are also several foundries for iron, brass, and Britannia metal; and extensive works for refining steel: the …
Survey of London Monograph
… c. 1599 A Discoverie of certaine Errours... in the 'Britannia'. A second Discoverie of Errours was written in …