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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… is preparing for a military expedition agt. Frederick's Fort commonly called the Fort of Pemaquid, where Colo. … [C.O. 5, 916. pp. 393B, 394.] Nov. 12. St. James's. 529. Order of King in Council. Ordering, in accordance … I am forced to give ten acres to each man of red oak woodland near the Fort, wth. wch. they are much pleased, and …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… them. The Assembly presented its answers to the Governor's proposals. Oct. 2. The Assembly submitted the names of John … 1. 1884. Journal of Assembly of Barbados. The Assembly's reply to the Governor's proposals ( see No. 1880). 1. We should be glad to know …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 1731, 1-5 October 1731, 1-5 Oct, 1. Salisbury, St. John's. 422. Governor Clinton to [? Mr. Popple]. Sir, In my former … to devour the rest; they send their boats, take the people's effects by force from their flakes and stages, without any … Signed, P. Yorke. Endorsed, Referred to in Capt. Clinton's letter of 1st Oct., 1731, Recd. 10th Nov., 1731, Read 9th …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… subsequently held on lease a part of Sir Nicholas Bayley's moiety, and by his unremitting labours realized a large … at considerable loss: to use a phrase of Mr. Williams's, "the mines were honey-combed." Owing to the poverty of the … of the annual subscriptions, the interest of Mrs. Kynnier's donation has, since that time, been applied; the total …
A History of the County of Essex
… the fifteenth part of this value, the individual's tax liability. A total ( summa) for each place is given. … The summa of individual assessments in 1332 was 53 s. 10 d. The basic village quota fixed in 1334 was 57 s. For … Essex parishes there was a much greater area of surviving woodland; the nucleated village at the heart of continuous …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Although earthworks are the most durable of all man's handiwork when exposed to Nature alone, they cannot … the work. Stukeley supposed it to have been one of Cæsar's stations after he crossed the River Thames in pursuit of … to have been supported at the south-west extremity by the woodland of the Colne valley, and the other end was possibly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Societies, of which Mr. I. Chalkley Gould, F.S.A., is the honorary secretary. The classification is based … and within the area encompassed by the dyke called Grim's Ditch, which exists to the north of this road in the … one referred to above; another, also called Grim's Ditch, in the extreme south of the county; and a third, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 26 miles (N. by W.) from Southampton, and 64 (W. S. W.) from London; comprising the hamlets of Charlton, … of the Wiltshire downs, and near the edge of an extensive woodland tract forming the north-west portion of the county, … whereof 550 are arable, 571 pasture, and the remainder woodland. The vicar receives 125. 9. for the tithes of this …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Andrew's, St - Arbroath Andrew's, St. ANDREW'S, ST., a city, the … comprising 10,300 acres, of which 9840 are arable, 345 woodland and plantations, and the remainder meadow, pasture, … which four-fifths are under cultivation, and 650 acres are woodland, and is intersected by the great north road and the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… places where, to judge from the nature of the soil, dense woodland already formed a natural defence. Throughout its … the theory that both were erected by the Belg before Csar's time, as step by step they forced a passage into the heart … of Tone and Parret, and the mound now known as King Alfred's Fort commands the junction of the streams. To the …