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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 28 inhabitants. The village is a short distance from the coast of Alnmouth bay, and about a mile south of Lesbury. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 988 inhabitants. This parish, which reaches to the sea-coast, comprises about 6000 acres. Stone of good quality for …
The Environs of London
… acres of land 1, of which about 380 are marsh on the Essex coast 2, 50 marsh on the Kentish side of the river, about 40 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… being secured by a breakwater, is one of the safest on the coast: the entrance is lighted with gas. Great improvement … in his time, is still pursued in the Derwent and along the coast. The Whitehaven and Maryport railway passes by the … an extensive view of Solway Firth and the Scottish coast, was probably used as a watch-tower, to guard against …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the coal is sent to all parts of Lincolnshire, the eastern coast, London, &c.; and pig-iron is manufactured in large … it from the cold to which many other places on this coast are in the winter subject. The town is lighted with … the Isle of Wight, Brighton, and the whole range of coast as far as Beachy Head. The sands, which are level, …
A History of the County of York
… provided for the new altar in 1942; in 1949 a 16th-century Spanish silver cross was placed on the altar, together with …
A History of the County of Sussex
… continued to expand, though not as fast as other south coast resorts, especially Eastbourne; 37 once again sanitary … that the epidemic had cost the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway £15,000; 63 the resort did not recover for … for plaintiff; M.H. 13/213, 6 Apr. 1866; 1st Rep. Com. Coast Erosion, i (2) [Cd. 3684], App. pp. 215, 272, H.C. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… seaside resorts in England and Wales, lies on the south coast roughly mid-way between the estuaries of the rivers …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Offington corner, and Broadwater was disturnpiked. 59 The coast road between Worthing and South Lancing recorded in … Herald, 9 Dec. 1955; C. H. Ellis, Lond. Brighton and S. Coast Rly. (1960), 171-2. Clunn, S. Coast Resorts, 347. The Times, 2 Jan. 1933; C. F. D. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was still sold in London and the later produce in south coast seaside resorts. 73 Tomatoes were the main crop, 74 the …