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Survey of London
… The King exchanged property in Yorkshire for York House by Act of Parliament (21 James I, cap. 30). When in London, …
Survey of London
… ROAD [See plates 25, 26 and 27.] The first Waterloo Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford … and The Seven Acres. In 1807 the Archbishop obtained an Act 92 authorizing the development of this ground for … was built over 120 years ago (Plate 27b). Under the 1946 Act it is included in the St. Thomas' Hospital group. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… decayed borough and market-town: the market has been long disused, but there is a fair for cattle on the Tuesday …
A History of the County of Somerset
… deposits. This district includes the richest grazing grounds in the country; much of it is marsh or moorland and … are left bare, and these are the favourite feeding-grounds of large flocks of dunlin, ringed plover and curlew; … and Blackdown Hills. There are some very good 'snipe grounds' in the county, where sometimes a great many are shot …
A History of the County of Somerset
… attractive objects of research. But there are some grounds for believing that even the modest branch of zoology …