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A History of the County of Essex
… and later there are many references to a field called the Lake, which lay on the east bank of the Channelsea river just … name and position suggest that it had once been an actual lake, possibly caused by a breach in the river wall, but had …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and runs past Heywood House where it is dammed to form a lake. The bridge carrying the main road over this stream was … 1852 and 1855. 24 The stream is joined just beyond the lake by the Bitham Brook, which rises in Westbury and enters …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… road and commands a wide view over the park and lake towards the northern escarpment of Salisbury Plain. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the lower end is called Ousemere. The shores of the lake are extremely irregular, and from its making different … on the east, projects its barren and rugged base into the lake; and on the west rise several rocky hills, one of which, … sky is uniformly overcast and the air perfectly calm, this lake, in common with some others, has its surface overspread …
Old and New London
… Peterborough; Turner, of Ely; Ken, of Bath and Wells; and Lake, of Chichester. The bishops, who had already undergone …
Old and New London
… of about forty acres, five of which are occupied by a lake. Upon the summit of a lofty artificial mound, rising from the margin of the lake, is a picturesque pavilion, or garden-house, with a …
Old and New London
… shall for Venus take, And send up vows from Rosamonda's lake." The same is the drift of a dialogue in Southerne's … feed the inmates of a workhouse. At the western end of the lake there is a small island richly clothed with verdure, and … boast that they have held undisturbed possession of the lake for more than two centuries. Pepys writes, under date of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and culverting of the brook in the late 1860s and a small lake was created west of the church. 16 In the park, which …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… remains but there are terraced gardens and an overgrown lake in the valley. The property of Bradenstoke Priory …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by tastefully arranged pleasure-grounds, with a fine lake on the west of the park: it is the seat of Sir J. S. …
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