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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… in this part, receding in a curve, forms a bold and rugged barrier to this fine sheet of water. The lake is more than a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the north the Polden Hills form for many miles a natural barrier separating this district from the valley of the Brue. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by the river Axe. The sea in 1825 broke through a natural barrier of sand hills, and inundated a considerable portion …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… forms one compact and solid mass, presenting a formidable barrier to further encroachments of the sea: a beautiful …
Broadwell, Langford and Kelmscott: Cotswolds to Thames
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… to Radcot's gallows. 6 The Thames itself was not only a barrier to be crossed but an important transport corridor, …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of Roman or Norman construction, was still a formidable barrier on the north, as it cut off all hostile approaches in …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… took place in the year 211. Portions of this extraordinary barrier remain, notwithstanding the ravages continually made … vast quantity of sediment over their channels, and to the barrier, since opposed to the tides, by the sand-bank at …