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Magna Britannia
… 1775,) which is frequented by a few of the neighbouring country people; in the winter it is much weakened by … is a sulphureous spring, occasionally resorted to by the country people, and in the same parish a chalybeate spring on … near the head of the Derwent, much resorted to by the country people; a sulphur spring at Bewcastle, and a …
Survey of London
… 'marked an epoch in the history of architecture in this country'. 40 Fowke's natural history museum alone would have … however, were overtaking Disraeli's Government. The country's imperial status had helped the growth of the …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… Freemen of London, inhabiting and dwelling within that Country, were not only chargeable within the City to find men … to be ready, upon accident, to serve Her Majesty and their country, and had, therefore, been the more ready to accede to … and full performance of their duty to God, their King, and country. Westminster, 1st September, 2 Charles I. (1626). VI. …
A History of the County of Essex
… to Bois Hall. Abbotswick, at Navestock Side, is a small country house standing in a welltimbered garden with a small …
A History of the County of Essex
… and bungalows along the river bank. Several substantial country houses in large gardens were built at Upper Park Town … in hand, but that now there were not a better set in the country'. 136 In 1876 there were 51 houses in the parish with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are supplied with water from springs. The surrounding country is pleasant, and abounds with agreeable walks; a lake … in Great, and 1307 in Little, Neston; the flatness of the country, and the prevalence of sea breezes, which prevent the …
Nettlebed
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… and wooded hills continued to provide good hunting country, enjoyed by at least one of Nettlebed's 18th-century … had 'very bad quarter' at Nettlebed, 'which is but a small country village', though they were 'cheerful in their mean … accepted the curacy because it was in good hunting country', and delivering 'wretchedly bad' sermons. 13 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the works and circumvallations were demolished by the country people, who were ordered to come with pickaxes, &c.; … extensive views over a well-wooded and highly cultivated country. There are extensive coal and iron mines, and several …
Old and New London
… has been a hundred times repeated in farces and tales of country bumpkins. The end is that he goes back into Kent just …