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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… (A.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XIV, S.E.) Yiewsley is a parish 2 m. S. of Uxbridge. Secular Monuments (14) The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of brick and the roofs are …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way the two types of animal apply their tractive power most effectively. By extension the term came to be applied to a pair of animals, especially oxen. 'Yoke' was also the name given …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … forms a symmetrical composition centred on an elaborated bay over which rises a clock turret. The main entrances were … and a parapet. The coupled pilasters flanking the centre bay are rusticated and have a full Doric entablature; for the …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … formed the river approach, was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, Durham House, it …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ZEAL-MONACHORUM ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Crediton, hundred of North Tawton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Crediton; containing 649 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Fishes, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals FISHES The fishes of Somerset have received a good deal of attention from the … piscatorius, Linn. Said to be not uncommon in Bridgwater Bay. Specimens of small size are often brought to market with … although a specimen was found and hunted by the Seavington hounds in 1883 to the south of the Vale of Taunton; yet this …
A History of the County of Somerset
… further search will do much more than extend our knowledge of the distribution throughout the county of the species recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few … this did not apply to a species which he examined from the Bay of Biscay. He suggested therefore that in regard to other …