The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Middlesex |
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... ground . LONDON : Printed by Thomas Maiden , Sherbourn - Lane , FOR VERNOR , HOOD & SHARPE ; LONGMAN , HURST , REES , & ORME ; CUTHELL & MARTIN ; W. J. & J. RICHARDSON ; J. AND A. ARCH ; J. HARRIS ; AND B. CROSBY . G45 B84 ΤΟ THE RIGHT ...
... ground . LONDON : Printed by Thomas Maiden , Sherbourn - Lane , FOR VERNOR , HOOD & SHARPE ; LONGMAN , HURST , REES , & ORME ; CUTHELL & MARTIN ; W. J. & J. RICHARDSON ; J. AND A. ARCH ; J. HARRIS ; AND B. CROSBY . G45 B84 ΤΟ THE RIGHT ...
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... ground is a portion of it at present . Preston Besides the lands belonging to the Duchy , there are a few other large proprietors , who possess extensive estates in this county . But the prevalence of trade , manufacture , and commerce ...
... ground is a portion of it at present . Preston Besides the lands belonging to the Duchy , there are a few other large proprietors , who possess extensive estates in this county . But the prevalence of trade , manufacture , and commerce ...
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... ground , and was gradually buried by sand from the neighbouring hills . Few counties produce greater varieties of soil , and this does not change so rapidly as in some others . The greatest proportion of that district , which lies ...
... ground , and was gradually buried by sand from the neighbouring hills . Few counties produce greater varieties of soil , and this does not change so rapidly as in some others . The greatest proportion of that district , which lies ...
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... ground for about half a mile , near Midway . At Borwick , a little south of Burton , it sinks to its mid - level , which it preserves for several miles , making for this purpose a very wind- ing course , in some places approaching ...
... ground for about half a mile , near Midway . At Borwick , a little south of Burton , it sinks to its mid - level , which it preserves for several miles , making for this purpose a very wind- ing course , in some places approaching ...
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... ground ; the remainder was obliged to be opened from above , from ten to twenty yards deep , and twenty to thirty yards wide at the top . The sides of the excavation were supported by timber , at an im- mense labour and expense , to ...
... ground ; the remainder was obliged to be opened from above , from ten to twenty yards deep , and twenty to thirty yards wide at the top . The sides of the excavation were supported by timber , at an im- mense labour and expense , to ...
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