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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… covering some 3,430 acres, extends N.E. from the R. Stour and lies entirely on Chalk at altitudes between 170 ft. and 400 ft.; on the S. it adjoins the town of Blandford Forum … 1894. In 1933 small parts of Tarrants Hinton, Launceston and Monkton were taken into Pimperne, thus moving the parish …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Pinus sylvestris, but by 1700 if not earlier, the huge forests of it in Scotland had been decimated so that there was insufficient to supply the demands of trade, and in particular of the navy. Suitable TIMBER had therefore … by any other means but water when it commented that 'White and other Pine Trees ... fit for Masts ... growing near the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… with stone dressings; the chancel is roofed with tiles, and the nave with lead. The Nave and the Central Tower were built in the 12th century, but the … three lights, originally of the 14th century, but defaced and altered in the 17th century. In the N. wall is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Stroud, Middle division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's-Barton, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 1 … measurement 209 acres, in nearly equal portions of arable and pasture: the soil is light, the surface hilly; and the neighbourhood abounds with quarries of stone of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bruton, occupied a crescent-shaped area to the south and south-west of Bruton. 93 It included the scattered … of Pitcombe in a valley at the centre of the crescent and the hamlets of Cole to the north, Honeywick and Hadspen … of which two areas, Godminster and Lower Godminster woods (24 a.), remain. 19 Woodland surrounds Hadspen House …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Most commonly it was a distillation of various herbs and roots that were believed to be efficacious. The recipe … it contained no less than 22 herbal products, both leaves and roots, all steeped in WHITE WINE and BRANDY and then … varieties, some selected from those found in hedges and woods. There are varieties for making desserts, for cooking …
Survey of London
… Plate 10 Early-Georgian interiors: plastering and panelling (a) No. 71 South Audley Street, ground-floor … back room in 1933. Early-Georgian Interiors: Plastering and Panelling a. No. 71 South Audley Street, dining-room … back room) in 1933. Early-Georgian interiors: plastering and panelling (a) No. 71 South Audley Street, ground-floor …
Survey of London
… PLATE 10 Nos. 1 and 2, Lincoln's Inn Fields. (a) CHIMNEY-PIECE, FRONT ROOM ON …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Plate 10 Wood and Stone Effigies Wood And Stone Effigies. Grafham Church. Effigy of Priest, in S. …