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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… meeting near its centre, where originally stood the High Cross, the site of which was afterwards occupied by the … not the least molestation from the parliament, and was in high favour with Cromwell. After the great battle of St. … though it is sometimes as low as nine, and sometimes as high as twenty. Oats are very extensively cultivated, more …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… paint if ground in NUT OIL and used with a drying oil. The high price meant that it was sometimes adulterated, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… terrace, forming a pleasant promenade, and commanding, at high water, a very interesting view of the Isle of Anglesey … the entrance, two beacons have been erected on the high land at Llanddwyn, in one of which a red light is … to protect the landing from this part of the river at high water. On the opposite side of the Seiont are also …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Helston, comprises 5330 acres of land, standing high, for the most part poor and uncultivated, and chiefly of … the romantic dale of the Holme stream: much of the land is high moor, inclosed under an act, in 1827. The manufacture of … Durham. The village stands, with a northern aspect, on a high swell of limestone hills, separated from Quarrington on …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… steps, to the bottom; it is surrounded by a deep fosse and high mound, and is supposed to have been formed as a place of … north-western part of the parish, and to the west of the high road between Lanark and Carluke. In the village is a … nearly of triangular form. The surface is diversified to a high degree; the lower part of the parish is hilly, and in …
A Dictionary of London
… Carron Co. Cart Yard West out of Harrow Alley, Aldgate High Street. In Portsoken Ward. So called in Rocque's map, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a rich early 7th-century cremation burial, probably of a high-status local chieftain. 8 By the 8th or 9th centuries, … in 2004. Several other parishes produced building stone or high-quality stone slate at various dates, though quarrying … and employed small numbers, the main sources of high-quality building stone lying further afield at Burford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fruits: the 'Carterton tomato' was said to enjoy a high reputation even at Covent Garden. 4 Larger businesses …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the north and east sides of the plot at least 3 feet high. 15 Many settlers evidently bought adjoining plots, and …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… May, 1606. II. 274. Letter from the Lord Mayor to the Lord High Chamberlain (the Earl of Suffolk), 3 soliciting him to …