A Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Correct Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, and Stow, ...Daniel Prince; John Rivington, and R. Baldwin, London, 1766 - 132 pages |
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... in 1071 . King Henry I. built a Royal Palace on Beaumont , near Gloucester - Green ; the Ruins of which are ftill vifible , where King Richard I. furnamed Coeur de B Lion , Lion , was born . Archbishop Usher affirms , that.
... in 1071 . King Henry I. built a Royal Palace on Beaumont , near Gloucester - Green ; the Ruins of which are ftill vifible , where King Richard I. furnamed Coeur de B Lion , Lion , was born . Archbishop Usher affirms , that.
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... built a College , now called by his Name , in 1263 : And Walter de Merton Bishop of Rochefter , that which is now called Merton Col- lege , which were the firft endowed Colleges in Christendom . The fituation is on an Eminence , rifing ...
... built a College , now called by his Name , in 1263 : And Walter de Merton Bishop of Rochefter , that which is now called Merton Col- lege , which were the firft endowed Colleges in Christendom . The fituation is on an Eminence , rifing ...
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... built Colleges ; St. Mary's and All - Saints Churches ; before the former an handsome new built Stone Wall and a broad Pave- ment , now called the Parade ; the latter with a Parapet Wall and Iron Palifades , terminated at one End by the ...
... built Colleges ; St. Mary's and All - Saints Churches ; before the former an handsome new built Stone Wall and a broad Pave- ment , now called the Parade ; the latter with a Parapet Wall and Iron Palifades , terminated at one End by the ...
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... built by Robert D'Oylie , who built the Caftle as abovementioned ; but it has been confiderably widened within thefe Fifty Years . This is the Entrance from London . The fecond , on the South Side of the Town , is over the Thames ...
... built by Robert D'Oylie , who built the Caftle as abovementioned ; but it has been confiderably widened within thefe Fifty Years . This is the Entrance from London . The fecond , on the South Side of the Town , is over the Thames ...
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... built by Fa- ther Smith , and fince improved by Mr. John Byfield . The Tower and Spire , which rifes from the Ground to the perpendicular Height of 180 Feet , is a very noble Structure , and contains a Ring of Six large Bells . On the ...
... built by Fa- ther Smith , and fince improved by Mr. John Byfield . The Tower and Spire , which rifes from the Ground to the perpendicular Height of 180 Feet , is a very noble Structure , and contains a Ring of Six large Bells . On the ...
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