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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Economic History. Semley lies within the Wiltshire butter country, and its clay soils provide extensive pasture. The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… stands west of the river Coln on the site of an earlier country house and until the 1960s its grounds included the … Second World War other owners briefly ran the house as a country club 200 and Horsfall's wing was demolished after … by the early 18th century when it was a double-pile country house with sash windows and, on the west front, a …
A History of the County of Worcester
… are beautiful views of the Malvern Hills and surrounding country. The soil is loam, gravel, sand and clay and the … people who do many exploits of villainy and roguery in the country.' Warrants were issued for their arrest, but the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… southward, where the clay is again very deep, and the like country through the woods as that below Great Chart and … England with king Richard I. who placed him in the north country. His descendants were of respectable account at the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of the lath of Scray, and in the eastern division of this country; and the residue, on the southeast side of it, is in … frequented, being very obscurely situated in a low flat country, the whole of which is much covered with coppice … and equally bad as those of Halden and the intermediate country. The village is situated nearly in the centre of the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… that its proximity to Guild ford made Shalford a favourite country retreat, and that this accounts for there being …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the ground again rises to an open uninclosed downy country, at the extremity of which is Three Barrow Down, so …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from the London road, in rather a pleasant and healthy country, the greatest part of it on a chalky soil, having … its own planted grounds, towards a wide extent of fertile country, and the channel beyond it. At the boundary of the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… square stone pigeon-houses in the village. Two very fair country roads connect Shelton with the neighbouring villages …