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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the arch fell down on January 12th, 1806, during the night previous to the day on which it was intended to be …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Herts, 1703, until his death 5 April, 1765, author of "Night Thoughts." See Rawl. i. 117, xxi. 233; Gutch MS. 640; & …
A History of the County of Oxford
… January 1645. 43 King Charles's escape from Oxford, on the night of 3 June 1644, was made through Yarnton. The king's … vestry bk.: O.R.O., MS. d.d. Par. Yarnton d 3; V. Thomas, Night March of Chas. I from Oxf. 22 n.: copy in Bodl. G.A. … Cassington map 1; T. Jefferys, Oxon. Map (1767). Thomas, Night March of Chas. I, 19. O.R.O., MS. d.d. Par. Yarnton b …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the governor of that fortress sent to Ystrad-Meuric by night, and received before morning a reinforcement, which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Sir William Douglas assaulting Edward's camp by night, nearly succeeded in killing the king: on the failure …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… written in 1796, and in an anonymous account of One Night spent in the Condemned Hole, York Castle, in April …
Survey of London
… from "8 of the clock in the morning until almost 9 at night without either meat or drink." 196 He was finally … Morter; and all this (as a Toadestoole groweth in a night) to serve until a Model for a Solid Building (to stand …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and numbers of wild duck, wigeon and teal, which spend the night on the flooded marshes away from the coast, rest on the … Bridgwater prior to 1850 (Yarrell, iv. 192, ed. 4). 133. Night-Heron. Nycticorax griseus (Linn.). An accidental … As these animals often travel many miles during the night they may occur unexpectedly in any of the streams. Six …
A History of the County of Somerset
… me the males may be caught flying round birch trees at night; he took a dozen in Leigh Woods on the night of August 3, 1892 Ephyra porata, F.; E. punctaria, L.; … ictericana, Haw. Bath, Bristol, etc.; flies at night on railway banks ; not common Bactra lanceolana, Hb. …