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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the latter is its eastern limit; both abound in trout. It comprises 1512 acres, of which one-fifth is …
Ewelme
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… and beef cattle, introducing sheep from the 1960s, and trout-farming (in tanks associated with the watercress beds) …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… is situated on the river Ely, a stream abounding with trout and other fish, has a very prepossessing appearance; it … much frequented by anglers, particularly the first, the trout caught in them having the most delicious flavour. Near …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… beyond which it is a limpid stream abounding with trout, perch, and eels. At Castlecary, on the west, a rivulet … on the west of Montrose; it abounds with salmon and small trout, and in that part of its course which skirts the parish … contain a plentiful supply of salmon; and in the smaller, trout are taken in considerable quantities. The soil differs …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… 1977. Fairford 1977 The Coln has long been known for its trout. 16 A fisherman lived in Fairford in 1381 17 and an …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the vale of the Washburn rivulet, which abounds with trout. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the … which is here a clear and rapid stream, abounding with trout. The living is a discharged vicarage, with a sinecure … rise within the parish, and of which some abound with trout; the surface is hilly, the soil of a sandy nature, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… at no distant period. The river, affording fine trout-angling, and famed for its romantic scenery, rises in … in Loch Lomond. Both these rivers are well stocked with trout; and in the latter, below the waterfall, a species … and in the small stream of the Peffery, black trout are frequently taken. The ecclesiastical affairs are …
Old and New London
… to wish that in his gullet he had a hook, and "a strong trout to pull it," we never could understand; but Byron was … at you as dexterously as a fly-fisher casts his fly over a trout's nose. 'How finely,' says Hazlitt, in his best and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… picturesque Earn, which is well stocked with salmon, sea-trout, and other varieties, with whiting, pike, and eels; and … direction of the Earn: it contains a large supply of fine trout. The higher district is cold, its soil light, and … of the Queen's road. Rivulets, many of which abound with trout, flow in every direction, and, after enlivening and …