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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… claim to higher antiquity than any other in the vale, the spot having been chosen by the first settlers in the district …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Chinnels Lane. Stray tiles, tesserae, etc., still mark the spot. The parish church has much Roman brick in the tower, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Hereford, in the time of the parliamentary war; and a spot is still called Scot's Brook, where a Scottish soldier, … feet of the surface; a mine was immediately sunk on the spot, and many labourers were employed for several months in …
Survey of London
… postal depot. At the north end of Gardiner's Field was a spot known as Black Mary's Hole or Well, according to one …
Survey of London
… long I landed in Southampton-street, a fine clean quiet spot', he told his mother, and found a landlady and a couple …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rugged mountains, and is viewed to great advantage from a spot called Hartsop-high-field. Rydal-water, on the course of … varied, and includes some interesting objects; near the spot where Sir Bevil Granville fell at the battle of …
Old and New London
… the present day no other memorial remains to point out the spot where she lies, except two small black tablets at the … 1474, and was married while a child to Ann Mowbray. The spot, it would seem, is peculiarly appropriated for children, … latter monument Joseph Addison is buried, and to mark the spot a slab of white marble, inlaid with brass letters and …