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A History of the County of Oxford
… 1966, are praised as 'one of the best light rings in the country'. Lydall also gave, by will proved 1721, money for a …
Old and New London
… yet few places were more familiar to the Londoner and his "country cousins," few fronts gave more character to their … in default of male issue, to Sir Hugh Smithson, Bart., a country gentleman of Stanwick, in Yorkshire, who had married … with the noble family of Northumberland) has given that country the opportunity of raising a noble institution for …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… air, he said, must be of the best in the world, and the country 'singularly bright and beautiful'. 15 MANORS. Alfred … history. Butler's Coombe lies at the edge of broken country, largely common until the 18th century and later part …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hatfield are obtained beautiful views of the surrounding country, embracing the Bredon and Malvern hills, with the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Walloons, who, fleeing from the Netherlands, found in this country an asylum from the persecution of the Duke of Alva. … the views of Norwood, Penge, Herne-Hill, and the adjoining country, are very fine; the chapels were designed by Mr. … elevated ground commanding fine views of the adjacent country, and comprises 1800 acres, of which about 130 are …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… the reorganization of the cathedrals and dioceses of the country on the dissolution of the monasteries. Norwich's …
The Environs of London
… ten yards of it: there is a porch at the door like a country-church porch 30." A newspaper paragraph (March 26, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… as it forced down the market prices by introducing West Country sheep and cattle. 14 The market further declined … 14 (1865 edn.). Trans. Southall Local Hist. Soc. i. 52-53. Country Life, 23 Mar. 1961, pp. 653-4; Kirwan Southall, …
Survey of London
… of design and craftsmanship based on traditional West Country models. Emmanuel Church, Clive Road The land for this …
Survey of London
… from the North Wood which formerly covered the hilly country of north Croydon and the southern parts of Lambeth. … Luke's Church (consecrated in 1825) in what was still open country provided an additional attraction for the wealthier …