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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Although at present a bleak and dreary tract, devoid of trees, it is asserted to have been covered in former times …
A History of the County of Hertford
… repairs. It is ornamented with naturalistic carvings of trees, flowers and fruits, more especially those which grow …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and ancient terraces, planted with the rarest fruit-trees and choicest vines, forming a rich and ornamental … in a retired spot, and nearly concealed from view by the trees of lofty growth by which the churchyard is surrounded; …
Old and New London
… and beautiful. "A want of the rural accompaniment of fine trees, their small extent, their situation, and other causes, … Buildings now covers the site of the old Magdalen. The trees which stood in front of the latter are still made to do …
Old and New London
… the tombstones were levelled in the churchyard, young trees were planted, the footway outside widened, and an …
Old and New London
… to Parliament for permission to put up rails and plant trees." It would appear, by the few notices of the time that … who had mischievously cut down and carried off one of the trees in front of Lord Radnor's house. Here afterwards lived …
Old and New London
… is represented in those maps as planted with a few willow-trees, and intersected with ditches, among which must have …
Old and New London
… place. It stood in the middle of fields, well shaded with trees; and these fields, now the park, were enclosed as the … is now the south side of Pall Mall, and a thick grove of trees covers what is now the site of Marlborough House. As …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… above, and planted round in the inside with lime and elm trees. The wall on the east side has lately been rebuilt, …