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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… summit of the escarpment at an altitude of 900 ft. above sea-level. Below the Chalk, at 500 ft. to 600 ft., is a … Bulbarrow (77500574), bowl, lies at about 870 ft. above sea-level near the summit of the Chalk escarpment, here known … level top of the escarpment at just under 900 ft. above sea-level. Diam. about 50 ft., ht. 3 ft. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chapel. Mrs. Mary Wiseman, in 1758, bequeathed 1000 South Sea annuities, for educating and clothing orphan sons of … per annum. Mrs. Withers, in 1750, bequeathed 600 Old South Sea annuities, of which 100 were to be laid out in building a …
The Environs of London
… a repository for military machines, both for the land and sea service 57; in which are also various models of bridges, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by the Motherbank, and on the east by an inlet of the sea, across which is a narrow causeway called Wootton bridge, … base of Dunkery, which is 1668 feet above the level of the sea, is a mine of iron-ore in active operation; there are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Michael) WORKINGTON ( St. Michael), a market-town, sea-port, and parish, in the union of Cockermouth, Allerdale … the southern bank of the Derwent, near its influx into the sea, and, in addition to the older part, which is narrow and … commanding beautiful views of the surrounding country, the sea, and part of Scotland. Upon the Cloffocks, an …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… thence (in a shipp bound for London) was by a tempest at sea droven into Wales, amongst a salvadge people who had noe …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… indisposition of body, contracted by long lying out at sea in a very sickly ship about one year before his …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… should have, and wheresoever on this side or beyond the sea. He survived not very long, for Raph Murdac the sheriff, … successively captain general of the king's forces at sea, deputy governor of Calais, summoned to parliament among …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Henry IV. The navigable river Ant, which joins the sea at Yarmouth, passes through the parish. A fair for cattle …