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… are those of Countesbury, on the British channel; Bradbury castle, near Bratton Clovelly; Berry castle, in the parish of … 160 yards by 120. There is another on Sir Lawrence Palk's estate. The camp at Ugbrook, called Castle Dyke, is an … Narber, about half a mile from the coast, on Mr. Basset's estate, is a small circular work called the Castle. On …
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… Castles Ancient Castles. Ancient Castles.] Of Egremont-Castle, which was built by Willam de Meschines, soon after … King Edward III, when Ralph Lord Dacre obtained the King's licence to castellate his mansion of Naworth. Much of the … more existed, except as a heap of ruins in 1739, when Buck's view was published 5. Great part of Millom castle, which …
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… that of Castleton was formerly known by the name of Peak Castle; and is situated on the summit of a high rock, nearly … a view of them, taken in 1727, in the first volume of Buck's Antiquities. 3 No part of the ancient castle of Bolsover at … ther is a view of this castel in the first volume of Buck's Antiq. pl.55. Ibid. pl.56. Ibid. pl.53 and 54. …
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… Castles, and Castellated Mansions. The remains of Lidford castle, in which was formerly the prison of the stannaries, … a circular tower called Paradise Fort. The walls of King's Weare castle are standing; and there are the ruins of a … walls and arches which belonged to the Bishop of Exeter's palace at that place. There are remains also of the …
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… Dalston-hall, Hewthwaite-hall 1, Lamplugh-hall, Drumburgh-castle, Harbybrow and Hardrigg-hall, are ancient …
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… the heiress of Sir Fulco de Pembruge, Lord of Tonge-castle in Shropshire. The whole of the lower court, and part … the top is a parapet of open work, in which the Countess's initials, E. S., frequently occur. The state apartments are spa cious and …
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… the most remarkable. Wetheral Safeguard, or Constantine's Cells, consisting of three chambers cut out of a rock, at … the escallop shell, in several of the ornaments of Naworth castle; though we do not find it any where recorded among the … that house depends, is well known from the Duke of Wharton's ballad, which begins, "God prosper long from being broke, …
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… which, as may be seen by the plans of them in General Roy's work 10, were British fortresses of considerable … the weakest ground on which a theorist can stand. 11 Castle-Carrock, besides its name, "the castle on the rock," … constructed a wall of hewn stone to the north of Hadrian's line, protected by 300 small turrets within call of each …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… cul-de-sac to its present route; a group of six tenements S. of the church was demolished (map in NRO). After acquiring … Arms was replaced by a new public house named the King's Head. On the sale of the hall in 1947 a large house called … of the county, he was made constable of Fotheringhay Castle in 1464, and was knighted in 1487. He died in 1504 …
Acts & Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Kirk of Scotland
… of the Kirk, which for securitie were putt in the Castle of Edinburgh, seing that hold was now surrendered to … by the Clerk that the Kirk Registers which were in the Castle of Edinburgh, were now brought to this side of Forth, …