The gem of the Peak; or, Matlock Bath and its vicinityLongman & Company, 1838 - 256 pages |
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... visiting each place previous to its being described . In accomplishing his task the Author has found it so to increase upon his hands that it has far exceeded his original intention , which was simply to give a brief notice of each ...
... visiting each place previous to its being described . In accomplishing his task the Author has found it so to increase upon his hands that it has far exceeded his original intention , which was simply to give a brief notice of each ...
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... visitors , poor and wretched enough . However the property soon passed into other hands more capable of improving it . The Messrs . Smith and Pennel of Nottingham who pur- chased the lease and property for £ 1,000 , and who im ...
... visitors , poor and wretched enough . However the property soon passed into other hands more capable of improving it . The Messrs . Smith and Pennel of Nottingham who pur- chased the lease and property for £ 1,000 , and who im ...
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William Adam. accommodation of the numerously increasing visitors . Still later another spring was discovered to the eastward in the lower part of the dale , which gave rise to a third and very commodious lodging house , but which , did ...
William Adam. accommodation of the numerously increasing visitors . Still later another spring was discovered to the eastward in the lower part of the dale , which gave rise to a third and very commodious lodging house , but which , did ...
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... visitors yearly increased . The road leading to this , and also to the Temple , takes the higher ground to the left by the rude grit stone obelisk . But all the coaches proceed on through the stable yard down to the Museum parade and ...
... visitors yearly increased . The road leading to this , and also to the Temple , takes the higher ground to the left by the rude grit stone obelisk . But all the coaches proceed on through the stable yard down to the Museum parade and ...
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... visitors to take the waters , with a few in- commodious rooms , for the use chiefly of the attendants , were only erected on this site in the first instance , - while the Villa , once called the Old Bath - house , was built on one of ...
... visitors to take the waters , with a few in- commodious rooms , for the use chiefly of the attendants , were only erected on this site in the first instance , - while the Villa , once called the Old Bath - house , was built on one of ...
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