The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Middlesex |
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... appears to have been the first dis- tinguished Roman , who , at the head of a powerful army , entered the district of the Sistuntii , about A. D. 79. Having easily sub- dued these feeble opponents , this magnanimous General immedi ...
... appears to have been the first dis- tinguished Roman , who , at the head of a powerful army , entered the district of the Sistuntii , about A. D. 79. Having easily sub- dued these feeble opponents , this magnanimous General immedi ...
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... appears , that these parishes were included with- in these four Deaneries , all in the Archdeaconry of Chester ; Black- burn , Leyland , Manchester , and Warrington . But the Deanery of Amounderness and Furness is in the Richmond ...
... appears , that these parishes were included with- in these four Deaneries , all in the Archdeaconry of Chester ; Black- burn , Leyland , Manchester , and Warrington . But the Deanery of Amounderness and Furness is in the Richmond ...
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... appears to originate in the moors , about the parallel of Haslingden , near the Yorkshire and Lancashire boundaries , whence it flows , swelled by other small streams , through the manor of Tottington to Bury . Below this place it 1 ...
... appears to originate in the moors , about the parallel of Haslingden , near the Yorkshire and Lancashire boundaries , whence it flows , swelled by other small streams , through the manor of Tottington to Bury . Below this place it 1 ...
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... appears that the first complete artificial canal was planned and formed in Lancashire . This was known by the name of the Sankey ; but , long previous to the making of this canal , different acts of parliament had been obtained , and ...
... appears that the first complete artificial canal was planned and formed in Lancashire . This was known by the name of the Sankey ; but , long previous to the making of this canal , different acts of parliament had been obtained , and ...
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... appears that the undertakers meant only to open the upper part of the river . This has been effected by means of wears , locks , & c . and in places where the stream formed consider- able curvatures , cuts were made across the necks of ...
... appears that the undertakers meant only to open the upper part of the river . This has been effected by means of wears , locks , & c . and in places where the stream formed consider- able curvatures , cuts were made across the necks of ...
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