The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Middlesex |
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... taken possession of West- moreland and Cumberland , and when accuracy was obliged to distinguish one from the other . " * Although very little satisfactory information can be adduced re- lating to the state of political or civil society ...
... taken possession of West- moreland and Cumberland , and when accuracy was obliged to distinguish one from the other . " * Although very little satisfactory information can be adduced re- lating to the state of political or civil society ...
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... taken out of , the others after their original forma- tion . These were all denominated from the towns , or villages , which were constituted the heads of their respective centuries . " And those of Salford , Warrington , and Newton ...
... taken out of , the others after their original forma- tion . These were all denominated from the towns , or villages , which were constituted the heads of their respective centuries . " And those of Salford , Warrington , and Newton ...
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... taken in 1292 , by command of Pope Nicholas IV . the whole County of Lancaster , exclusive of Furness , which then belonged to Westmoreland , was partitioned into thirty - six parishes only . By the same record it appears , that these ...
... taken in 1292 , by command of Pope Nicholas IV . the whole County of Lancaster , exclusive of Furness , which then belonged to Westmoreland , was partitioned into thirty - six parishes only . By the same record it appears , that these ...
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... taken internally . + In the neighbourhood of Chorley it is employed as a poison for rats ; and there can exist little doubt of its being the same sub- stance , mentioned by Dr. Leigh , † who erroneously ascribes its de- leterious ...
... taken internally . + In the neighbourhood of Chorley it is employed as a poison for rats ; and there can exist little doubt of its being the same sub- stance , mentioned by Dr. Leigh , † who erroneously ascribes its de- leterious ...
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... taken from an eminence above this river , near the third mile stone from Lancaster , from whence almost the whole of this de- lightful district is visible , abounding in villages , with the town and castle of Hornby in the centre ...
... taken from an eminence above this river , near the third mile stone from Lancaster , from whence almost the whole of this de- lightful district is visible , abounding in villages , with the town and castle of Hornby in the centre ...
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