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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stages, die away under the cornice that is carried round the upper part of the towers. The North and South sides … pinnacles, and a delicately pierced parapet is continued round the walls of the nave: the transepts, which are in the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… visitor in the 1720s commented on the many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… motte and remains of the mediaeval curtain wall and towers round part of the bailey, which now contains the Debtors' … were four semicircular towers; at the S. angle there was a round tower. Another tower at the W. angle had disappeared, … also made. 58 Since about 1790 it has had at its centre a round or oval lawn, popularly known as the 'Eye of the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… countries, sold in two forms, long zeodary and round zeodary, and used as a drug, having properties … while to produce for it a metal label suitable for hanging round the bottle, similar to those produced for WINE. Not …
A History of the County of Somerset
… montanus (Linn.). Resident, but very local. Not uncommon round Bath, Bridgwater, Frome, Flax Bourton. This species is … of Harrow says that he has observed the lowland hares round Langport and Athelney move up to higher ground shortly … teal, but during the best season 3,000 birds were caught. Round brackets indicate that the original describer of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… larv are sometimes to be found in abundance on the leaves round the trunks of the trees w-album, Knock, is not very … L. A local species, but sometimes common on heathy places round Bath (Terry), Bridgwater (Cottam), Stoke (Walter), on … Mr. Bartlett tells me the males may be caught flying round birch trees at night; he took a dozen in Leigh Woods on …
A History of the County of Somerset
… larger. It is generally distributed in suitable localities round the shores of Great Britain and the continental coasts … within tide-marks, and in shallow water or in deep, all round our coasts many kinds are to be found, and some of them …