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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W.) from Northwich; containing 489 inhabitants. Antrobus Hall and demesne belonged to the family of Antrobus from an … 1669 a. 15 p., a portion of which is occupied by Apethorpe Hall, the seat of the Earl of Westmoreland. The living is a … over the registration-district of East Ward. The town-hall is a large ancient edifice in the principal street. The …
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… at Bos-au-an, in the parish of Constantine, called Piskey-hall, 30 feet long and five wide, consisting of rough stone … Dorchester and Exeter, which has been clearly traced over Hall-down, towards Newton, and marks of which are said to …
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… holding emblems of the crucifixion; the cloisters and hall at Ford abbey, built by Abbot Thomas Chard, in 1508; and … pro Johi A. . . . . .lar rectori hujus ecclesie." In the central light is the crucifixion; on one side the virgin and … end slightly pointed, and having chevron mouldings. The hall, cloisters, and entrance-tower, are of the reign of …
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… was found by the workmen digging the foundation of the new hall, on the site of the castle. Mr. Chapple says, that, in … through Seaton. "An undoubted Roman road came from the central parts of Somersetshire towards Exeter, under the name …
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… of particular notice are, the altar preserved at Haddon-hall; the inscribed blocks or pigs of lead; and the silver … &c. and figures of men attending them; the subject of the central compartment was hunting the wild boar. These figures … they should have so far subdued the Coritani, in the central part of the island, as to have established their own …
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… which it stands: the apartments are not large, except the hall on the east side, which was originally 100 feet in … been taken off to make a dining-room. The ceiling of the hall is ornamented with heads of the Kings of England, from … paintings in pannels, in the same style as those in the hall, and apparently by the same hand: on the ceiling is the …
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… Remains of Exeter Castle Ancient Mansions. Bradfield Hall, in the parish of Uffculme, the seat of the Walronds, is … in the centre, with two wings very much projecting. The hall has a roof of five obtuse arches of timber, with angels … and other ornaments. The drawing-room which adjoins the hall, has a pannelled ceiling, richly ornamented with …
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… iron door. These towers are to be seen at Muncaster, Irton-hall, Netherby, Nether-hall, and several other mansion houses, at present occupied … twenty-eight feet by thirty-seven feet six inches. Dalston-hall, Hewthwaite-hall 1, Lamplugh-hall, Drumburgh-castle, …
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… county, in point of antiquity and preservation is Haddon-hall, formerly the seat of the Vernon family, and now … than the middle of the sixteenth century. The chapel and hall are the most ancient parts, having been built by Sir … there is also a font in the chapel in the same style. The hall, which is situated between the two courts, is about 35 …
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… of the late Admiral Lutwidge: another found near Irton-hall is in the possession of E. L. Irton, Esq. P. 118. … estates, in the parish of Egremont; through the Cleator-hall estate, and close by the village of Cleator; through the …