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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… succeeded in gaining possession of the surrounding country. They are supposed to have founded the ancient town … William on its way from Normandy, for the conquest of the country; and upon the death of William Rufus, Robert, Duke of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… strength and flesh, and are carried off by the south-country dealers in large numbers, to fatten for the markets … parish by another, leading from the upper district of the country to Inverury and Aberdeen, and which in 1824 was made … Whitburgh, who was well acquainted with the nature of the country, suddenly bethought himself of a path that wound from …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… year 1306, beyond what he received from the manors in the country and from the cellarer's office; but how the scribe … total values of the different offices in London and the country are thus summarized in the Rental: s. d. Total of the …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… and tenements in 53 London parishes, besides rents in the country. The total gross income of the monastery, as given in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the parish. This is an extensive tract of champaign country, comprehending one-third, or more, of the hundred of …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Northampton or other towns but wished to live in the country. In February 2000 the sale of the last unmodernised … treat with several tenants of very small copyholds in the country, to save them the expense of coming to London, as had … Germany) and most had teaching qualifications in their own country. The teaching varied in quality but was careful and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… bay, with the mountains beyond, and the surrounding country. An estate here, called Curwens Hill, of about 80 … and commands an extensive view of the surrounding country, the Cheshire hills, and the Welsh mountains. It lies … the margin of the town, yet overlooking a noble expanse of country, the seat of Richard Willis, Esq. The living is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… interior was modernised. Poxwell House is an attractive country house of c. 1600 with a plan deriving directly from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… England there lies a more ancient division of the country into districts of geographical rather than … purchase from the Scandinavian armies which occupied this country in the tenth century. But Copeland is a well defined … and the restriction of the name Westmorland to this country was maintained in local usage far into the Middle …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… of Exeter June 1190 × June 1191 (H. P. R. Finberg, West Country Historical Studies (Newton Abbot, 1969) pp. 182-4). …