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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Kerrier and of the county of Cornwall, 7 miles (S. by W.) from Falmouth; containing 313 inhabitants. During … views. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 4. 15. 10., and in the patronage of the … at 10. 4.; net income, 150; patron, C. Winn, Esq. Seal and Arms. Obverse. Reverse. Appleby APPLEBY, an incorporated …
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… are particularly described and figured in Borlase's Antiquities of Cornwall: Four in the hundred of Penwith, … " Catin hic iacet filius Magari:" the battle in which King Arthur was mortally wounded, having been fought near … name of Doniert is supposed to be intended for Dungerth, King of Cornwall, who was drowned in the year 872, or 873. …
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… heads, the other by human figures with interlaced arms. The great arches and the door-ways of Bridekirk, … century, is said to have been rebuilt in the reign of King Edward III. The destruction does not appear to have … and of a Saint in the habit of a Bishop, holding a King's head in his left hand, an outline of which is introduced in …
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… built by Bishop Warlewast, and the churches at Bishop's Teignton and East Teignmouth, both of which appear to have … of the groins are ornamented with foliage, and have his arms frequently repeated. The north aisle is of later date. … the Virgin Mary, St. Catharine, St. Helen, St. Sidwell, King Edmund the Martyr, Edward the Confessor, St. Martin, …
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… of the rock as on the top, especially in Sir Joseph Banks's park at Overton where they are particularly abundant. The … of Bayeux, and taken from them in the year 1106, when King Henry the First took the city by assault, from Duke … kept the same line to the hill above Buxton. "The late Mr. King, who was better acquainted with our ancient caste than …
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… of a circle similar to that at Boscawen-un, near the Land's End. 3 Sepulchral Stones. Risdon speaks of some circular … and on one of them may be traced the form of a coat of arms. In an enclosed field, on a farm called Stone, in the … the present turnpike-road at Sandygate, and passing by King's Teignton, crossed the Teign below Newton Abbot, by a …
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… being apparently part of the original edifice erected by King William Rufus. The lower part of the tower at the … King Edward III, when Ralph Lord Dacre obtained the King's licence to castellate his mansion of Naworth. Much of the … sculptured in wood, painted and gilt; including the arms of Dacre and Greystock apparently the ruins of a rich …
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… the manor was given by William the Conqueror, though Mr. King, who has given a particular account of it in the sixth … a view of them, taken in 1727, in the first volume of Buck's Antiquities. 3 No part of the ancient castle of Bolsover at … ther is a view of this castel in the first volume of Buck's Antiq. pl.55. Ibid. pl.56. Ibid. pl.53 and 54. …
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… and of a circular tower called Paradise Fort. The walls of King's Weare castle are standing; and there are the ruins of a … an ancient gateway, with a round tower at one corner: the arms of Pomeroy were, not many years ago, to be seen over the …
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… the year 874; at which time Edburga, daughter of Adulph, King of the East-Angles, was abbess of Repton. There have … forming part of the ancient monument called the "Giant's grave;" and is no doubt to be referred to the period when … a bandeau of jewels round his head; on his shield are the arms of Melbourne, a chevron between three escallop shells. …