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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Anthony, St - Appledram Anthony (St.) in Meneage ANTHONY (ST.) in … hundred of Kerrier and of the county of Cornwall, 7 miles (S. by W.) from Falmouth; containing 313 inhabitants. During … of worship for Independents. Appledore (St. Peter and St. Paul) APPLEDORE ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the …
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… remarkable are standing a furlong asunder, at Bolleit in St. Buryan, the one twelve, and the other sixteen feet high … are particularly described and figured in Borlase's Antiquities of Cornwall: Four in the hundred of Penwith, … inclosure in the tenement of Kerris, in the parish of St. Paul, formed by rude stones, 52 paces from north to south, …
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… The most considerable are the two square towers of the cathedral built by Bishop Warlewast, and the churches at Bishop's Teignton and East Teignmouth, both of which appear to have … South Milton are two pillars of a Saxon doorway. At Downe St. Mary, over the doorway, are some rude Saxon carvings. …
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… very small windows. 1 The great west door of the church of St. Bees is ornamented with grotesque heads and chevron … and of a Saint in the habit of a Bishop, holding a King's head in his left hand, an outline of which is introduced in … p. 112. The late Mr. Pegge, under his usual signature of Paul Gemsege, afterwards communicated his conjectures on it …
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… of a circle similar to that at Boscawen-un, near the Land's End. 3 Sepulchral Stones. Risdon speaks of some circular … Pius. In 1721, a pot of Roman coins was found near St. Martin's church: they were of Balbinus, Philippus, Julia … 1774, some Roman coins were found in an earthen vessel in St. Catherine's lane when some houses were rebuilt; one of …
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… of the rock as on the top, especially in Sir Joseph Banks's park at Overton where they are particularly abundant. The … is a rude well of a singular construction, called Cair's-work or Carle's-work, being a rude sort of fortification, … his brother, and with it plundered and destroyed the cathedral church. 20 In the year 1788, a sort of bulla of …
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… 160 yards by 120. There is another on Sir Lawrence Palk's estate. The camp at Ugbrook, called Castle Dyke, is an … Narber, about half a mile from the coast, on Mr. Basset's estate, is a small circular work called the Castle. On … are several camps and posts at Posbury hill, in Tedburn St. Mary, a camp called Leathern Castle, in Colebrooke …
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… other ornaments, in the style of the south door-way of Ely cathedral. North-east view of Steetley church South doorway … plooyth wyth the. ...." In the east window is a figure of St. Ursula, crowned, and surrounded with glory; and beneath … forming part of the ancient monument called the "Giant's grave;" and is no doubt to be referred to the period when …
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… the most remarkable. Wetheral Safeguard, or Constantine's Cells, consisting of three chambers cut out of a rock, at … opere exstruc"tum;" which the citizens of Carlisle shewed St. Cuthbert in the year 685, as recorded by Bede. At the back of the stalls in the choir of Carlisle cathedral is the Belief in Latin, in the text hand of the …
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… was found many years ago near Spurston, in the parish of St. Cuthbert, Carlisle. British and Roman Roads and Stations, … which, as may be seen by the plans of them in General Roy's work 10, were British fortresses of considerable … from which it proceeds in a straight line pointing to the cathedral at Carlisle. "A Roman road which must have …