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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The attempt to do so, it was thought, was to enable a few powerful persons to gain control of the process. 83 Cloth … more important Wiltshire clothiers of the time, and the few small, but distinguished, 18th-century houses in Church … 1889 it appears to have belonged to Robert Butcher, but a few years later the only brick and tile works at Eden Vale …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… comprised little more than Penleigh House and Farm and a few farm cottages. Bratton, Heywood, Hawkeridge, and … houses at the beginning of Warminster Road there are a few further south, but a map of 1773 shows that at that time … the west, is the district known as Eden Vale. There are a few 18th-century houses here, and the Westbury Union …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… probably redeemed the mortgage. 60 Sefton Bromwich died a few months later and was succeeded by his son William, a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the vestry, although 'open', was apparently dominated by a few of the wealthier inhabitants, particularly the clothiers, … following year plans were approved for the building of a few such houses at Eden Vale. Between the two World Wars 120 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wholly wild and mountainous. In its highest expanse are a few small rocky islands. Place-fell, on the east, projects … Great numbers of water-fowl resort to this lake, and to a few of the smaller ones. Grasmere is a particularly beautiful … inclosed lands against the approach of winter. There are few counties where, in proportion to their size, more …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… of staircases, panelled dado. In second stage of tower, a few portions, all late 17th-century. Paving: In chancel, … crosswings connected on the front by a modern corridor a few feet in front of the main block. The entrance-front is of … is below the level of the floor and is reached by a few steps leading down from between the centre columns and …
Old and New London
… the initial of the founder's name, &c., of which only a few are now remaining. In the upper window at the east end … of the Abbey after leaving that of Henry VII., contains a few monuments of interest or singularity, but space does not … tomb is on the north side of the chapel, and was erected a few years after his death by his son and successor, Edward I. …
Old and New London
… south walk leads to Ashburnham House, one of Inigo Jones's few remaining works. Close by the entrance to Ashburnham … also a former Bishop of St. David's; and there are here a few memorial tablets of no particular interest, unless … leaves have been preserved in the British Museum, and a few years ago underwent a restoring process by means of which …
Old and New London
… In course of time, round the monastery were erected a few houses, which at length grew into a small town; called in … or to infringe the rights of the priesthood. Within a few days after the consecration of the new Abbey Church, on … so far as we know, in the south transept; to be followed a few years later by Geoffrey Chaucer, who was interred at his …
Old and New London
… houses nearest the Abbey and set fire to them all. A few, thinking to succour their betrayed duke, and the nobles … monks, took possession of the Abbey. Malcolm quotes a few lines from a proclamation issued in 1553, to show the … Church Service," though "very ridiculously." And again, a few days previously, the diarist writes"To the Abbey to see …