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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… ABERAERON, or ABERAYRON (ABERAERON), a sea-port, and rising watering-place, partly in the parish of Hnvynyw, but … 1148. ARMS. Aberavon (Aber-Avon) ABERAVON (ABER-AVON), a rising port, a borough, and parish, in the union and hundred … on the road from Machynlleth to Towyn, and is rapidly rising into estimation as a bathing-place: the beach is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… principal tie-beams are supported by moulded wall-posts rising off the original vaulting-shafts and from which spring …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… towards the coast, it is light, but productive; on the rising grounds, more inland, it is a deep rich loam, and in … was separated from it in 1633. Its surface is very uneven, rising in some parts into hills of considerable elevation, of … of Newburgh, is a tall and stately cliff, abruptly rising to an elevation of 250 feet above the level of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and lacking its mullion and tracery. The stair-turret rising above the main parapet is octagonal externally and … the doorway, near the E. end, has a two-centred head rising only about 2 ft. above the external ground-level; the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to 230. 59 In 1821 an innkeeper lived in Abenhall. 60 The Rising Sun, a beerhouse standing apart on the Littledean road …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… but on the east, the coast is rocky and precipitous, rising abruptly into eminences which are wooded to the margin … latter, it receives the waters of the Duchray, a stream rising near the summit of Ben Lomond, and which is also … are to be seen, particularly of Druidical circles; and on rising ground, near the church, is an old building, of which, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… a place called White Mill, is Merlin's Grove, a thick wood rising abruptly from the turnpike-road, celebrated as the … first occurs about the close of the twelfth century. After rising from some of its frequent demolitions, the castle was …