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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… head; there are remains of colour including cheverons in black and white. The partly restored 15th-century pent roof … the rafters are painted with the crowned initials Ihs in black on a white ground, alternating with white and red stars … arms; (2) to Arthur Cosens, 1810, High Sheriff in 1807, black and white marble wall-tablet with cornice, urn and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was situated near this church, on the side of which is a ditch still called King's ditch, that is supposed to have … being seen beyond Sheffield, in that direction, but high black moors, which, running north-westward, join the lofty … wherever ling is the chief produce, the soil is invariably black moor or peat. The subsoils of these extensive wastes …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… curtain wall have been demolished. Stretches of the wide ditch which once surrounded the wall, and which in many … were constantly needed, but the city normally leased the ditch and ramparts for grazing and the gates and larger … ... with Altar handsomly railed in, and the Pavement black and white marble, a decent Pulpit and all the Furniture …
Survey of London
… of later writers, that Hubert gave his property to the Black Friars, who in turn disposed of it to the archbishop, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… such species as the American hawk-owl, Egyptian vulture or black stork within the bounds of the county. On comparing the … In this district the ring-ouzel, raven, common buzzard, black grouse, curlew, common snipe and wild duck still breed; … off the end of Brean Down, both the herring and lesser black-backed gulls breed, and a pair of pere grine falcons …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Aporia cratgi, L. As in other parts of England, the 'Black-veined White' has not been seen for many years. It was … some of the most injurious of which are the Bean Aphis or 'Black Dolphin' ( Aphis rumicis, Linn.); the Cabbage Aphis ( …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Leach. Zool. Misc. iii. p. 34 (1817). Blue Anchor. A large black species with a longish pointed tail and transverse … Leach. Tr. Linn. Soc. xi. 379 (1814). Winsford. A small black tailless species, with yellow dorsal band. Widely … taken this species in great abundance at Clevedon, in a ditch far above ordinary high-water mark, of which the water …