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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of about 2300, the Hangingshaw Law of 2000, feet above the level of the sea. The chief rivers are, the Yarrow, the … the highest of the range, is 1700 feet above the level of the sea, and wholly within the parish. The vale of … the highest have an elevation of nearly 800 feet above the level of the sea. Of these valleys the principal is the vale …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… the same front, are plain brick pilasters, and at the same level are two oval windows, now blocked. The roof has three …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of more than 2000 feet from the vale. Its summit, which is level, and 1000 yards in circuit, is encompassed by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wings retain vestiges of painted decoration up to the level of the lower purlins. Externally the solar wing was … altered by flooring over the open hall at gallery level, adding a timber-framed staircase turret, originally …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… with head-stops. The first stage of the tower stops at the level of the springing of the W. window. The second stage has … the whole building, a moulded brick string-course at the level of the first floor and oversailing courses of brick … the E. wall of the E. wing has a projecting band at the level of the first floor. Inside the building the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… often rise abruptly, and almost perpendicularly, from the level ground, and present an unbroken face to the summit, so …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by a viaduct 300 feet long; it is remarkably straight and level. A railway was opened to Scarborough in July 1845. In … into three large districts, gradually varying from a level and marshy to a rocky and mountainous region. The flat … line drawn from Doncaster to Sherburn. Its general level is broken only by low sandy hills, which occur in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… 1 The Roman ground surface, about 30 ft. above sea level, was overlaid by a bed of marl of varying thickness, … is evidence elsewhere in York for severe flooding up to a level of 35 ft. above Ordnance Datum during the 5th and 6th … retained by a wall 20 ft. high with access on the S.W. The level of the N. part of the bailey was lowered by about 5 ft. …
Survey of London
… with steps leading down from York Terrace to the level of the old landing-stage by the water's edge (Plates …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the land in the extreme west is over 1,000 feet above sea level, though there are no heights which attain to 2,000 … the country; much of it is marsh or moorland and below sea level, and it is intersected in every direction by dikes or … in some localities. It is numerous on the Bridgwater level. 73. Yellow Hammer. Emberiza citrinella, Linn. An …