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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... obtained the name Cassii from Gessi , which , in the language of ancient Gaul , signified Brave or Warlike . That they had the re- putation of good soldiers , he adds , is plain from their having re- duced part of the Dobuni . When the ...
... obtained the name Cassii from Gessi , which , in the language of ancient Gaul , signified Brave or Warlike . That they had the re- putation of good soldiers , he adds , is plain from their having re- duced part of the Dobuni . When the ...
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... obtaining a comfortable livelihood . Besides these charities , a house of industry has lately been opened for the reception of all the poor of the five consolidated pa- rishes , where , from the establishment of a flannel manufactory ...
... obtaining a comfortable livelihood . Besides these charities , a house of industry has lately been opened for the reception of all the poor of the five consolidated pa- rishes , where , from the establishment of a flannel manufactory ...
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... obtained from wells , but at the depth of one hundred and sixteen feet , whence it is commonly drawn by the aid of machinery . The inhabitants may be computed at about 1000 ; a number that , from the register of births and marriages ...
... obtained from wells , but at the depth of one hundred and sixteen feet , whence it is commonly drawn by the aid of machinery . The inhabitants may be computed at about 1000 ; a number that , from the register of births and marriages ...
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... obtained the living of Malden , in this county , and might have risen in the church , but from a malicious interpretation of some passage in his poem of the Choice , from which it was inferred , that he con- sidered happiness as more ...
... obtained the living of Malden , in this county , and might have risen in the church , but from a malicious interpretation of some passage in his poem of the Choice , from which it was inferred , that he con- sidered happiness as more ...
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... obtain turf , & c , About half a mile from this place are the remains of a Roman camp : from this , and other circumstances , Leighton Beaudesert is supposed to be the Saxon Lyzeanburgh , taken with several more towns from the Britons ...
... obtain turf , & c , About half a mile from this place are the remains of a Roman camp : from this , and other circumstances , Leighton Beaudesert is supposed to be the Saxon Lyzeanburgh , taken with several more towns from the Britons ...
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