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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Crediton, hundred of North Tawton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Crediton; … is quarried for building, and for repairing roads. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 17. 8. 9., … the Duke of Somerset, and consecrated in October 1846. The living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the Vicar of Mere. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… paper on the subject to the Somerset Archological and Natural History Society in 1851 ( Proceed. pp. 95110). … have since been made to the list given by Mr. Baker, and which is the source whence the present account has been … crane, Grus virgo (Linn.), is said to have been picked up dead near Wincanton (vide Science Gossip, March 1876). The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Molluscs and Insects ZOOLOGY MOLLUSCS NON-MARINE Favoured in its … gradually diminishing, while the number of beetles, living and dead, constantly increases, although they have had no …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the county of the species recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or three species not yet … lagurus, Glomeris marginata, Iulus sabulosus, I. pilosus and I. teutonicus. Setting aside the last-named, about which … of the Bristol Channel, for this is 'a Balanus capable of living in freshwater and likewise in the saltest seas,' …