The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 5 |
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... village , to ashes ; and having burnt a part of the Borough of Elvet , the Earl of Northumber- land , with whom the Bishop , William de St. Barbara , was in league , completed the destruction , by burning the remainder of the borough ...
... village , to ashes ; and having burnt a part of the Borough of Elvet , the Earl of Northumber- land , with whom the Bishop , William de St. Barbara , was in league , completed the destruction , by burning the remainder of the borough ...
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... village of Shincliff , its bridge of three arches , the villa of the late William Rudd , Esq . and Houghall House ... villages of Ferryhill and Merrington ; the to er of Merrington Church forming a beautiful and lofty obelisk . One of ...
... village of Shincliff , its bridge of three arches , the villa of the late William Rudd , Esq . and Houghall House ... villages of Ferryhill and Merrington ; the to er of Merrington Church forming a beautiful and lofty obelisk . One of ...
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... village of Westerton , distant about a mile . The valley through which runs the river Wear , lies open to the view ... villages , seat - houses , and hamlets , are scattered ; and the view is terminated by the mounts of Penshaw and ...
... village of Westerton , distant about a mile . The valley through which runs the river Wear , lies open to the view ... villages , seat - houses , and hamlets , are scattered ; and the view is terminated by the mounts of Penshaw and ...
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... village of considera- ble antiquity , situated on the high road betwcen Darlington and Durham , was part of the ancient possessions of the See of Lindis- farne , and assigned , with other lands , according to Symeon Dunel- mensis , by ...
... village of considera- ble antiquity , situated on the high road betwcen Darlington and Durham , was part of the ancient possessions of the See of Lindis- farne , and assigned , with other lands , according to Symeon Dunel- mensis , by ...
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... village southward , and had anciently a Guild dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin : the Church is dedicated to St. Acca . The number of houses in this township , as returned under the late act , was 109 ; of inhabitants 640 . DARLINGTON ...
... village southward , and had anciently a Guild dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin : the Church is dedicated to St. Acca . The number of houses in this township , as returned under the late act , was 109 ; of inhabitants 640 . DARLINGTON ...
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Abbey Abbot acres afterwards aisle altar ancient Antiquities appears arches beautiful Bishop Bishop of Durham brick building built called Camulodunum Castle Cathedral centre chancel Chapel Church Cirencester Colchester Crown dedicated to St Domesday Book Domesday Survey Duke Durham Earl east Edward the Confessor effigies eminence England erected Essex estates expence feet Gateshead Glocester Gloucestershire granted ground Hall Henry the Eighth Henry the Third hill inches inclosed inhabitants inscription King Lady land late latter London Lord Lysons manor mansion miles monks monument nave nearly number of houses obtained original ornamented parish Peter de Montfort pillars possession principal Priory Queen reign of Edward reign of Henry remains Richard river river Wear Robert Roman Saxon seat Severn Sir John situated South Shields square stone Sunderland supposed Tewkesbury Thomas tion tower town transept various village wall west end William
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Page 261 - With one sole pen I writ this book, Made of a grey goose quill ; A pen it was when it I took, And a pen I leave it still.
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Page 486 - Chapter, apparelled in copes and proper vestments, with garlands of roses on their heads, sent the body of the buck to be baked, and had the head and horns fixed on a pole before the cross, in their procession round about the church, till they issued at the west door, where the keeper that brought it blowed the death of the buck, and then the horns that were about the city answered him in like manner ; for which they had each...
Page 37 - Latin, and the seven arts, which were all but the teachings of the natural man, was not the way to make them ministers of Christ. For the languages began at Babel; and to the Greeks, that spake Greek as their...
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Page 164 - The stems are segments of a circle, with considerable rakes. The bottom section, to the floor-heads is a curve fore and aft, with the sweep of the keel. The floor timber has a small rise curving from the keel to the floor-heads. A...
Page 355 - Whose Basis on Devotion stands. While yet We draw this vital Breath, We can our FAITH and HOPE declare : But CHARITY beyond our Death, Will ever in our Works appear. Best be He call'd among good Men, Who to his GOD this Column rais'd : Tho' Lightning strike the Dome again; The Man, who built it, shall be prais'd.
Page 150 - West, and was defended from the superincumbent earth by four large flat stones, which the relater, a man of great probity, who was present when the skeleton was measured, and who himself took the teeth out of the jaw, saw removed. The coins were found on the South side of the skeleton, near the right hand.
Page 165 - But, exclusive of the cork, the admirable construction of this boat gives it a decided pre-eminence, the ends being similar, the boat can be rowed either way ; and this peculiarity of form alleviates her rising over the waves.
Page 306 - ... to deliver themselves up to mercy, it was necessary, for the example of others, and that the peace of the kingdom might be no more disturbed in that manner, that some military justice should be executed; and therefore, that council had determined they three should be presently shot to death...