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A History of the County of Oxford
… Howse, and sold by him shortly after the First World War to Edward Harris, whose son Edward was the owner in 1986. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… century. Yatesbury airfield, in use in the First World War and from 1936, lay south-west of Yatesbury village and …
A Dictionary of London
… "Olde Hall" by Stow in his description of Dowgate Ward (Memorials, xv.), But this is impossible, as no portion of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… being sent to London was fixed upon the bridge. During the war between the houses of York and Lancaster, the city was … the contending parties, and though not actually a seat of war, several battles took place in the neighbourhood. In the … Previously to the commencement of the Parliamentary War, the king, to avoid the importunity of the parliament, …