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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is partly on the plain, and partly on the declivity of the bank of the river Doveran, is the present castle, a plain … side, near the bend of the river, rises a precipitous bank, on the summit of which is seen the mausoleum of the … throughout its whole extent, by a high verdant bank, supposed to have once formed a steep shore of the …
Survey of London
… the centuries, in contrast to the Strand on the north bank which once bordered the river but is now widely … the "Pike Gardens" along Bankside so that the term "stews bank" often applied to this region may have had a double … junction of Bankside and Park Street (formerly known as Bank End) there stood in the 15th and 16th centuries an inn …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… re-set, has the initials and date S.G. 1676. b(7). High Bank House, 630 yards S.E. of the church, has an original … 800 yards S.W. of the church, consists of traces of a bank and deep depressions, which may indicate a settlement, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of irregular shape ('h' on plan), separated by a mutilated bank or dam only 1 m. high at the W. but 2 m. high at the E. … ditch 1 m. deep. There are slight traces of an outer bank on the S.E. side but modern housing development has … ditch on the S. and has destroyed a section of this outer bank which is visible on air photographs. From the E. and W. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rebellion. The parish is pleasantly situated on the left bank of the Avon, which flows through a finely varied tract … and striking in its appearance; it stands on a high bank: the tower is placed at the east end of the south aisle, … Pontefract intersects the township; and the York and North-Midland railway passes on the east, and the Leeds and Selby …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Selby; containing 284 inhabitants. It is on the south bank of the Ouse, and comprises by computation 2150 acres; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situated on an eminence rising abruptly from the southern bank of the Tees, the bridge over which at this place was … flat. The village is pleasantly situated on the southern bank of the river Thames, and contains several wellbuilt … river, which commands an extensive view of the opposite bank, and forms a peculiarly interesting promenade, from the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… In that year they were ordered to be protected by a bank on all sides. 64 Tenants of the manor had pasture rights …