A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales

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Wm. Corbett, 1832 - England - 546 pages

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Page ix - England is bounded on the east by the German ocean ; on the south by the English Channel; on the west by St. George's Channel; and...
Page 420 - SWARDUS. signature of the Chancellor, or by the King affixing to them the sign of the cross. A large state seal was now made, upon the model which has been followed ever since. It bore the representation of the King, in his imperial robes, sitting on his throne, holding a sceptre in his right hand and a sword in his left, with the inscription " Sigillum Edwardi Anglorum Basilei...
Page 161 - Ocean ; on the east anil south-east, by the latter and the straits of Dover ; on the south, by Sussex ; and on the west, by Surrey. It contains 996,680 acres, of which above 900,000 are arable, meadow, and pasture. Aspect varied and beautiful. Along the banks of the Thames there is a considerable extent of marshy land.
Page 76 - It sends two members to parliament: the right of election is in persons having freeholds of bnrgagu tenure, paying burgage rent.
Page 478 - It returns two members to parliament — one for the county, and one for the six chief towns.
Page ix - Head, and the base is the long line of the southern coast from the North Foreland in Kent to the Land's End in Cornwall.
Page 205 - Boston, in the mayor, aldermen, common council, and freemen resident, paying scot and lot, and claiming their freedom by birth or servitude — 500.
Page 21 - It is bounded on the north by Lincolnshire, on the east by Norfolk and Suffolk, on the south by the Administrative County of Cambridgeshire, and on the west by Huntingdonshire.
Page 45 - Launceston, in the mayor, aldermen, and freemen, being inhabitants at the time they were made free, and not receiving pay of the parish ; the aldermen to be elected out of the legal freemen.
Page 127 - Scotland, on the East by the German Ocean, on the South by the English Channel, and on the West by St.

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