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… fell near Sir George Chudleigh's house at Stretchleigh: Risdon says that it weighed twenty-three pounds. In a scarce … fall of the meteoric stone some years ago in Yorkshire. Risdon speaks of the Devonshire stone as composed of matter …
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… success, that his cures were ascribed to the magic art. Risdon says, that he lived to be 100 years of age, and that …
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… of the De la Ways, of whom it was purchased by Pollard. In Risdon's time it belonged to Mr. Lewis Wellington: it is now … of Barry bequeathed Winscot to her half-brother, Tristram Risdon, the antiquary. 33 After the extinction of the Risdon family 34, this barton passed by heirs female to …
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… seat of a branch of the Risdons, and was sold by Thomas Risdon, Esq., in 1708, to Thomas Lear, Esq. It is now the … In the parish-church are monuments of the families of Risdon 14, Lear 15, and Perring. 16 The dean and chapter of … and Kellaway. Sir William Kellaway sold it to Hurst. In Risdon's time, it belonged to Sir John Pole, Bart.; and is …
A History of the County of Northampton
… at Hardingstone 177882. 139 The Independent minister, Risdon Darracott, began his labours here about 1738. 140 A …
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… of William Martin from time immemorial: it is spoken of by Risdon as "a famous fair lasting divers days." It is still a …
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… Bart., by purchase from Sir Charles Bingham, Bart. Risdon speaks of the manor of Iddesleigh as having been given … mansion near the church, of which there were no remains in Risdon's time. At a later period it was in the family of … of the family of that name, who continued to possess it in Risdon's time. This barton now belongs to W. C. Morris, Esq. …
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… Wilsworthy, and Cheverstone, are villages in this parish. Risdon says that a market at this place, and a fair at the …
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… to the very Reverend Joseph Palmer, Dean of Cashel. Risdon speaks of Riveton as having descended from the … to be from 1500 to 1800 feet above the level of the sea. Risdon has been quoted as authority for Dartmoor having been … towns. The table and seats of moorstone, mentioned by Risdon, were destroyed by the workmen of the late Sir Francis …