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A History of the County of Oxford
… Hunt, and in 1763 was advertised as open and fine sporting country. 7 A turnpike from Banbury and Edgehill ran just …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1872. S.R.O., T/PH/vch 11. F.S.1/617B/384; M. Fuller, West-Country Friendly Socs. 60, 11718, 140, 146; Taunton Castle, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… in 1542, after a long life spent in the service of his country, and was succeeded by his son Thomas Lord Sandys. 80 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… from the north, but was on the edge of the accessible country with no real road beyond. A Working Men's Institute …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… part of it there is much coppice wood, a deep and miry country at all times, most of it being exceedingly unpleasant …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Upper Hampen, was also a farmhouse until it became a country residence in the 1930s. 115 Another farmhouse built … 319 Following its sale in 1932 the farmhouse became a country residence known as Hampen House. 320 It incorporates …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 'a luxury that too tardily creeps on the notice of this country'. 42 The armoury was the present entrance hall which … in appearance and the place 'very ugly' and 'in very ugly country'. 57 But he was not in a position to give an … never took any prisoners or raised contributions from the country. The parliamentary comment on this was that 'if true …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… ancestors were possessed of good estates elsewhere in this country; they bore for the arms, Argent, an eagle sable, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century and its fine views of Oxford and the surrounding country. Geologically the ridge is of some interest, being … on the gardens 'every year making openings to an extensive country not before altogether excluded'. 28 Wings to the … (MS. Top. Oxon. b 117, f. 181). T. I. Pocock, Geol. of Country round Oxford (Geol. Survey), 34, 48, 131. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 4 was thickly wooded and only gradually emerged into open country by the destruction of the forest, charcoal burning …