 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1802 - 318 pages
...moderated by a breeze from the north, which blows regularly every day, and temperates the heat. Smyrna is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have been founded by the Amazon of the same name. Most European nations have factories here, for the convenience... | |
 | A F. Kendall - 1830 - 704 pages
...discharges itself into the • Channel, and is crossed by a Bridge, which unites the two towns. Weymouth is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have been known to the Romans under the appellation of Clavinio. It is incidentally mentioned in the writers... | |
 | 1837 - 236 pages
...conspicuous object boldly situated on an elevated rock 150 feet in height and close by the shore. This is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have been first founded in 548 by Ida, the first King of Northumbria. The building is extensive, with a watch-tower... | |
 | N. Leitch - Scotland - 1852 - 96 pages
...situated on the north bank of the Tay, in the centre of a valley surrounded on all sides by mountains. It is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have been at one time the capital of ancient Caledonia.* The most interesting object in Dunkeld is the Cathedral,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - India - 1859 - 412 pages
...possesses extensive bazars and several Parsí shops, well supplied with articles from Bombay. Kayan Kulam is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have been originally founded in 825 AD The natives of this part of Malabar, both Hindús and Christians, date... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 598 pages
...HUDDERSFIELD. At Almondbury is a Free grammar-school, founded in 1609, which haa an income of 86/. 14s., and a house for the head master : the number of scholars...the remains of an ancient castle. Almondbury is a puce of great antiquity, and is said to have been the residence of some of the Saxon kings. By some... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Scotland - 1872 - 820 pages
...which are situated on an island about half-a-mile from the shore, at the Kinross side. This castle is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have been built by Congal, son of Dongart, King of the Picts. It was granted by Robert III. to Douglas, laird... | |
 | Jean L. Watson - Fife (Scotland) - 1875 - 148 pages
...islands in the loch, the chief of which contains the picturesque ruins of Lochleven Castle. This castle is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have been built by Cougal, son of Dougart, King of the Picts. It was granted by Eobert in. to Douglas, Laird... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Edward Backhouse Eastwick - Chennai (India) - 1879 - 536 pages
...possesses extensive bazars and several Pnrsi shops, well supplied with articles from Bombay. Kollam is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have been originally founded in 825 AD The natives of this part of Malabar, both Hindus and Christians, date... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 980 pages
...department of Hérault, on the left bank of the river of that name, 30 miles SW of Montpellier. It is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have been founded, under the name of Agathe, by the Greeks. In the neighbourhood there is an extinct volcano,... | |
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Almondbury is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have been the residence of some of the Saxon kings. 
