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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of Lesmahago, Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 6 miles (S. W.) from Lanark; containing, with Turfholm, 881 … turnpike-road from Queensferry to Linlithgow; the Union canal intersects the southern portion of the parish, and the … of Pinkie; and in 1552, the earl, who had been appointed regent during the minority of Mary, attended by the queen …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… 376 are in the village of New Aberdour, 8 miles (W. by S.) from Fraserburgh. The name of this place is supposed to … the English Earl of Buchan, capitulated to Murray, Regent of Scotland, during the captivity of David Bruce. On … it has facility of intercourse, by means of the Monkland canal, and good turnpike-roads, has rendered it important as …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… The living is a discharged vicarage, rated in the king's books at 12. 9. 9.; patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph: the … the interest of which, together with a rent-charge of 10 s. bequeathed by Edward Hughes, is paid to the master of the … much used in making cement for works under water, and for canal locks, &c. Aberthaw, West (Aber-Ddaw) ABERTHAW, WEST …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… county of Berks, of which it is the county town, 6 miles (S.) from Oxford, 26 (N. W. by N.) from Reading, and 56 (W. N. … king of Wessex; on which institution Ceadwalla, the king's son and successor, bestowed the town and its appendages. … have been constructed, where the Wilts and Berks canal joins the Thames, near its confluence with the Ock; and …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… Thursdays, and all the liberties and customs of the King's burghs. Traquair, 11751178. Registrum Vetus Ecclesi … Thursdays, and all the liberties and customs of the King's burghs, as the same had been granted by his father, King … Thursdays, and all the liberties and customs of the King's burghs. as the same had been granted by King William the …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… "for alleging itself to be doted and infeft be the bishop's predecessors in certain privileges and liberties, and to be … vol. ii., fol. 498. 58. LETTER by QUEEN MARY and the Queen Regent, under the Signet exempting the Rector of the University, the Dean of Faculty, and a regent in the Pedagogy, being beneficed clerks in the …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… a distance, and also the market for bear and craftsmen's work, and for salt brought from the salt-pans on Forth, and … the Act should not be prejudicial to the Duke of Lennox's infeftment in the superiority of the lands and baronies … Scots, with interest after Martinmas 1642, being the burgh's proportion of the sum advanced by the burghs of Scotland to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Pontefract; containing 1828 inhabitants. This … the Liverpool and Birmingham railway and the Grand Trunk canal pass through it, and on the former a station has been …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… hill, which as late as 1899 was a major obstacle: the R.S.P.C.A. and others provided a trace horse to help loads free … Avenue later joined Uxbridge Road by the former King's Arms. A highway leading south from the top of Acton hill to … of the parish the Paddington branch of the Grand Junction canal from Bull's Bridge junction, near Southall, to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 72 One farm, leased by the chapter of St. Paul's to successive deans, c. 1230 had 4 oxen, 4 horses, and 100 … was poor and rarely cultivated; meadow was valued at 1 s. an acre in 1327, 1 s. 6 d. in 1373, pasture at 3 d. in … compensation in 1805 for land taken for the Paddington canal and in 1837 for the G.W.R. Inclosure of the common, …
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