 | J. Gronow - England - 1849 - 408 pages
...as a summer resort for sea-bathing. Near the town are traces of an entrenched camp, called Bucldnnd Rings, or Castle Field. LYNDHOLM, or LYNHAM, Yorkshire,...Westmoreland, 262 miles from London, a hamlet in the parish of Hevcrsham, noticed for a large moss, known by the name of Lythe Moss, where several large trees are... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - England - 1854 - 254 pages
...three weeks the attacks of a large body of the Parliamentary forces, but being obliged to surrender, the inhabitants were compelled to pay ten shillings a head, besides a month's pay to the soldiers, in order to save the place from plunder. Charters were granted to the town by several kings,... | |
 | Peter Hampson Ditchfield - England - 1910 - 430 pages
...sustained the attacks of the rebels. The town was forced to surrender, and the poor folk were obliged to pay ten shillings a head, besides a month's pay to the soldiers, in order to save their homes from plunder. Lynn has many memories. It sheltered King John... | |
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... siege, the inhabitants were compelled to pay ten shillings a head, besides a month's pay to the army, to save the town from plunder. 