The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Bedfordshire ; Berkshire ; BuckinghamshireT. Maiden, 1801 - Architecture |
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... nearly 70,000 inhabitants . The limits of the county are very irregular : its only natural ones are , the Ouse for a short distance on the east and west sides , and a rivulet on the south - west border . The face of the county is pleas ...
... nearly 70,000 inhabitants . The limits of the county are very irregular : its only natural ones are , the Ouse for a short distance on the east and west sides , and a rivulet on the south - west border . The face of the county is pleas ...
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... nearly a mile in length . The town - hall is a handsome modern structure . A new town goal has lately been erected , and a county goal ( expected to be finished in May ) is now building . Towards the completion of this structure the ...
... nearly a mile in length . The town - hall is a handsome modern structure . A new town goal has lately been erected , and a county goal ( expected to be finished in May ) is now building . Towards the completion of this structure the ...
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... nearly in the direction of the car- dinal points . The houses are mostly of brick , and some of them have the appearance of considerable antiquity . As the soil is des- titute of springs , the inhabitants are supplied from four large ...
... nearly in the direction of the car- dinal points . The houses are mostly of brick , and some of them have the appearance of considerable antiquity . As the soil is des- titute of springs , the inhabitants are supplied from four large ...
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... nearly circu- lar , thrown up on a level plain . The banks are from eight to fourteen feet high : they inclose about nine acres of level ploughed land , producing good wheat . To the south it has no ditch ; to the south - west , and ...
... nearly circu- lar , thrown up on a level plain . The banks are from eight to fourteen feet high : they inclose about nine acres of level ploughed land , producing good wheat . To the south it has no ditch ; to the south - west , and ...
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... ( nearly a quarter of a mile , ) its islands , and the numerous trees and plantations with which it is diversified , present an agreeable prospect . From a path leading through a fine valley , there is a pleasing view of a plain Tuscan ...
... ( nearly a quarter of a mile , ) its islands , and the numerous trees and plantations with which it is diversified , present an agreeable prospect . From a path leading through a fine valley , there is a pleasing view of a plain Tuscan ...
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