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Calendar of State Papers, Scotland
… went two miles beyond to his own house to his lady at Moss Tower (Mos Towre), where, his strength being 500 horse, …
Calendar of State Papers, Scotland
… released from their ward for visiting the Lady Bothwell at Moss Tower. [ In the margin: "Confirmed by the lettre of."] … of Francis I. and died of grief after the defeat at Solway Moss (Solommosse); King William was taken prisoner by Henry …
Calendar of State Papers, Scotland
… their "pertakers" durst not take one silly bee out of the moss of his bounds against his will, giving to the Earl and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of Roxburgh, of which it is the capital, 11 miles (S. W. by S.) from Kelso, and 49 (S. E. by S.) from Edinburgh; … the parish of Benholme, county of Kincardine, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Bervie; containing 1172 inhabitants. This … much of the land has been drained, and some tracts of moss have been brought into cultivation. The farm-buildings …
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
… Felon or Felons (commonly called or known by the name of Moss-Troopers, residing upon the Borders of England and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Kea) KEA ( St. Kea), a parish, in the union of Truro, W. division of the hundred of Powder and of the county of … a township, in the parish of Althorp, union of Thorne, W. division of the wapentake of Manley, parts of Lindsey, … Swedenborgians have a meeting-house and a school. Kearsley Moss is much resorted to for turbary: oak and alder trees are …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… a rich alluvial mould; there are also some tracts of peat-moss, furnishing but very indifferent fuel. The chief crops … or Kier, a parish, in the county of Dumfries, 2 miles (S. W.) from Thornhill; containing, with the village of Barjarg, … in other parts, black and brown loam, alternated with peat-moss, sand, and gravel. The system of agriculture is in an …
Old and New London
… and the string of her little cart in the other, with a moss-rose fastened into her bosom, she would run with …