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Survey of London
… probably always been sealed off at its north end with a fence and gate, and in 1828 the Penton Estate receiver, … passing through a gap there, and an incident in which the fence was broken down to let the fire-engine get to a …
Old and New London
… Green? "In the old days there existed but a post and rail fence around it, and a short cut across it was frequently a …
Old and New London
… of the centre portion, which he surrounded with a ring fence for deer. "This day," writes Samuel Pepys, in his …
Old and New London
… and he slipped away, and Turner went again out of town, to fence at some country mansion. Upon this Carlisle, a resolute …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and measures 512 yards in circumference within the ring-fence at its base; it was probably used in very early times …