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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… respectable houses. In its neighbourhood are three fine lakes, called Osmere, Blackmere, and Brown Moss-water, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Hempriggs, and the harbour of Sarclet. There are several lakes. The principal in the north are, Loch Wester, within … various less important streams; and of the numerous inland lakes, which are, however, generally of but small extent, the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Middle Ages fisheries in named stretches of water called lakes: one, in Goosemere, was granted to Spinney priory in … regulated, 46 and probably still in the late 16th, such lakes and rights of fishing belonged not only to manors, but …