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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… manor is held by the service of cup-bearer to the kings of England, at their coronation. The living is a vicarage, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by steam-vessels is kept up with London and the north of England. But the principal source of trade by which the town … in length, and beauty of construction, ranks the first in England, is a very great ornament to the town; its centre is … the historian, wrote the greater part of his History of England at this place, and, dying in 1754, was buried in the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the mainland, wool and spinning were, so western parts of England could obtain wool and yarn relatively cheaply, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the long gallery fireplace, one of the few in England to retain its original colouring, and the painted …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… given by James IV. to his queen, the Lady Margaret, of England, and James V. frequently resorted to this place to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… for Wyat of Tewkesbury; ( b) Edward the Confessor, ( c) England. The Barn (Plate 35), N.E. of the house, is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Baptist's church, in the town, by one of the kings of England, who also granted him a weekly market on Friday, view …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Richmond, afterwards Henry VII., intrusted the standard of England, at the decisive battle of Bosworth Field, after Sir … and sent by the canal to Swansea, and thence shipped to England, to be used in the burnishing of metals. The Swansea …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the pope's legate, negotiated a peace between the Kings of England and Scotland, who met here for that purpose; and in … granted them an exemption from toll and all customs in England and Normandy; and King John, in the first of his … the archbishop of that see being styled Primate of all England, as a superior designation to that of the Archbishop …
Survey of London
… cited by several writers, that Napoleon Bonaparte visited England and lodged for a short time in York Buildings, but …