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Survey of London
… York House CHAPTER 6: YORK HOUSE The York Water Gate (see pp. 5960) in the Victoria Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole … bordered the Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate formed the river …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Birds, Mammals FISHES The fishes of Somerset have received a good deal of attention from the late Mr. W. Baker, who has … to the Somerset Archological and Natural History Society in 1851 ( Proceed. pp. 95110). Very few additions have since … some newly established nesting colony in the county. The discovery of a British lake-village near Glastonbury in 1892 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Molluscs and Insects ZOOLOGY MOLLUSCS NON-MARINE Favoured in its situation and the quality of its soil, the county of Somerset yields a record of inland mollusca above the average, not only in … family, the Culicid, has attracted much notice from the discovery that one or two species of gnat of the genus …
A History of the County of Somerset
… distribution throughout the county of the species recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or three species not yet obtained certainly await discovery, if their existence in Somerset may be inferred …