The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 4Edward Hungerford Goddard Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1858 - Archaeology Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
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... called white , and having a white appearance generally , as it is seen emerging from the Church tower or barn , in either of which it loves to dwell , and hunting over the meadows on noiseless wing , yet when seen nearer , its plumage ...
... called white , and having a white appearance generally , as it is seen emerging from the Church tower or barn , in either of which it loves to dwell , and hunting over the meadows on noiseless wing , yet when seen nearer , its plumage ...
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... called the Wood , the Iry , and the Brown , as well as the Tawny Owl Little Owl ( Noctua passerina ) . Rare in England , but very numerous on the continent , especially in the warmer parts of it , is this diminutive species , scarcely ...
... called the Wood , the Iry , and the Brown , as well as the Tawny Owl Little Owl ( Noctua passerina ) . Rare in England , but very numerous on the continent , especially in the warmer parts of it , is this diminutive species , scarcely ...
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... called Kington Monachorum or Moyne : sometimes , from a Priory of Nuns settled here , Kington Monialium or Minchin Kington ( Min- chin being Saxon for Nun ) ; and finally ( about A.D. 1280 ) from the Saint to whom the Parish Church was ...
... called Kington Monachorum or Moyne : sometimes , from a Priory of Nuns settled here , Kington Monialium or Minchin Kington ( Min- chin being Saxon for Nun ) ; and finally ( about A.D. 1280 ) from the Saint to whom the Parish Church was ...
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... called by the natives At Kingtone ; to hold it with all rights , & c . , thereto belonging , free from the irksome yoke of bondage , so long as he lives , to leave the same for ever at his death to any heir he pleases . If any one ...
... called by the natives At Kingtone ; to hold it with all rights , & c . , thereto belonging , free from the irksome yoke of bondage , so long as he lives , to leave the same for ever at his death to any heir he pleases . If any one ...
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... called Haywood , then much larger than it is now , belonged at this time partly to the Abbey , partly to one William of Haywood ( now a farm house adjoining ) : and between these proprietors many disputes took place , according to ...
... called Haywood , then much larger than it is now , belonged at this time partly to the Abbey , partly to one William of Haywood ( now a farm house adjoining ) : and between these proprietors many disputes took place , according to ...
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Page 326 - In regard to the natural history of these atones," says Stukeley., " the whole country hereabouts is a solid body of chalk, covered with a most delicate turf. As this chalky matter hardened at creation, it spewed out the most solid body of the stones, of greater specific gravity than itself; and, assisted by the centrifuge power, owing to the rotation of the globe upon its axis, threw them upon its surface, where they now lie.
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Page 307 - Avebury], into the closes there: where I was wonderfully surprised at the sight of those vast stones, of which I had never heard before, as also at the mighty bank and graffe [ditch] about it.