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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of the parish is 11,690. Ashiesteel, the seat of Major General Sir James Russell, K. C. B., is pleasantly situated … cultivated. The coast varies in different parts, but is in general bold and rocky, and penetrated by several voes or … their wide estates were divided among four daughters, co-heiresses, of whom the eldest, who possessed the manor of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… appearance of the house is 17th and 18th-century due to general rebuilding. The 16th-century house was probably of …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… Yates - Young Y YATES, William Co Co Cheap, 1688-91 Tory, 1690 (1) Cf William Yate, widower, of … stock, 1671) Shipping, slave trade interest (6) City and London property (7) (1) Johnson, DR, IV, p 160, LVP, 1664, p …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… by Cherhill in 1934, 33 and probably c. 140 in 1995. The London-Bristol road via Calne followed the ridge across the … Lane, had been made by 1795 and possibly by 1683. 40 The London road could be reached from the village via the Avenue … by one cast by Robert Wells, and a fifth, by John Taylor & Co. of Loughborough (Leics), was added in 1931. 76 All five …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 9 miles (S. S. E.) from Somerton, and 122 (W. S. W.) from London; containing 7043 inhabitants. This place, from the … town is situated on the middle road leading from Exeter to London, and consists of numerous streets, many of them … the houses, of which several are of stone, are in general well built. It is supplied with water from springs …
A Dictionary of London
… identified. Yeuan (St.) See Audoen (St.). York Abbot of London residence in parish of St. Peter Paul's Wharf, … Further east in Rocque and Strype. First mention: Made a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acquittal in 1795 of Warren Hastings (d. 1818), governor-general of India, descendant of the John Hastings who sold …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… inclosed some time ago by act of parliament. The soil in general is fertile, and well adapted to tillage, in which the … machine erected in 1828, from designs by Mr. Brunton, of London, and worked by a water-wheel of large diameter. The … tramroad was laid down in 1825, by John Christie, Esq., of London, extending from the Gwain Clawdd, over the forest of …