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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… wide, and vessels of large burthen are able to come up at spring tides. The port is often called Port-Talbot, after the … & Co., who have other works at Merthyr-Tydvil. In the spring of that year, Mr. Crawshay Bailey commenced some large …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… with moulded diagonal ribs and a foliated boss. The ribs spring from corbel-capitals carved with 'stiff-leaf' foliage … rising off the original vaulting-shafts and from which spring moulded cross and longitudinal braces; the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… balustrade, and having a rise of 29 feet only from the spring of the arch, on the west side of which is a dry arch, … and every requisite; they were amply supplied with pure spring water, and, previously to the establishment of those … medal is awarded to the most successful player. A mineral spring called the Spa well rises at the base of Woolmanhill, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… or "the ridge of yew-trees," issuing from a copious spring, and flowing through the lochs Chon and Ard, about … a small haven, where vessels of seventy tons may anchor at spring tides, but from which their return to the sea is … last century. From its proximity, however, to the mineral spring of Airthrie, and the well of Dunblane, of which the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… In the southeastern part of the parish is a medicinal spring, called the Black Well; it is considered highly … found about two miles from the town, in 1841. A chalybeate spring, which is in great estimation for the medicinal …