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Magna Britannia
… of a set of loyal discourses preached in America, in which country he had preferment, and which he was obliged to leave … was a native of Blencogo, after he returned to his native country was employed for the fourteen years preceding his …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 500 ft., and in the west it falls steeply towards the flat country of the Avon valley. In the north the parish is well …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Ambrose, who in 1588 contributed 25 to the defence of the country against the Spanish invasion. 29 A conveyance of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… family continued to be active in the government of the country and James Fiennes (d. 1674) became a Privy Councillor … Jul. lxvii, 3826 and on an article by H. Avray Tipping in Country Life, Jan. 1930, pp. 5057, 8491, 126134. Measurements … Bloxham Hund. plates 6, 7; and for modern photographs see Country Life, 11 Jan. 1930, pp. 567, and N.B.R. For a drawing …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… hills rise stupendous and romantic, to an exceeding barren country, which on the left consists of open downs, and on the … abounding with sharp slints, the whole a poor and barren country, unprofitable to the occupier, and dangerous to the … his several gallant actions in the service of his country. He died in 1772, arms, Argent, a chevron between …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… London road, at the 44th mile-stone. It lies in a flat low country, much the same as that of Stone last-described, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… and has one or two good fireplaces of that period. The old country residence of the Abbots of Reading was pulled down … writing in 1706: 'My stable is my great diversion in the country, and in the midst of business, Bucklebury runs in my head.' 19 Swift visited Bolingbroke in the country and describes his life there: 'Mr. Secretary was a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 111 Sheep-and-corn husbandry typical of Wiltshire chalk country prevailed in the parish in the Middle Ages and until …
A History of the County of Warwick
… close a path leading westwards from the manor. 14 The open country is, however, well watered, being not only bounded but …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of the River Derwent, 14 miles north-east of York. The country is well wooded and undulating, rising from 75 ft. … there are wide views of the Howardian Hills and of the country stretching towards the plain of York. At one of the … amongst the most magnificent and imposing mansions in the country. Well placed on a wooded rise, the buildings with …