A review of England and Wales, in which the historical events of every town, village, and place are briefly expressed1849 |
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abbey ancient antiquity banks battle bishop borough and market Britons built burnt called castle Charles church Conqueror Cornwall county town Danes defeated Derbyshire deriving its name Devonshire Dorsetshire duke earl east Edward III Edward the Confessor eminence England erected Essex Ethelfleda famed feet high forest formerly founded Gloucestershire Henry VIII Hertfordshire hill inhabitants interred Isle Kent king John kingdom Lincolnshire lord manor mansion market town memorable Middlesex miles from Lon miles from London natal place North Riding North Wales Northumberland noticed palace palatinate parish and township parish seated parliament Pembrokeshire pleasantly seated prince reign of Edward reign of Henry remains residence Richard Richard II Riding of Yorkshire river rock Roman station royal ruins Saxon Scots seaport side situated slain Somersetshire South Wales Staffordshire stone supposed Surrey takes its name Thames tower town and parish vale vicinity Warwickshire West Riding whence William the Conqueror Worcestershire
Passatges populars
Pàgina 291 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones And cursed be he that moves my bones.
Pàgina 371 - ... connected with the new town, called Little Yarmouth, by means of a bridge. The old town had walls, and consists of four parallel steeets, and of about 150 narrow cross lanes, called rows. The best dwelling-houses are .situated along the quay, which is considered the finest in the kingdom, having in the centre a noble promenade, planted on each side with trees. The principal buildings are the old church, erected in 1123, and recently restored, several chapels, banks, a town-hall, theatre, assembly-room,...
Pàgina 90 - The church is one of the prebends of St Paul's ; to the dean and chapter of which a certain precinct here belongs, for the probate of wills, and granting administrations.
Pàgina 127 - ... siege, the inhabitants were compelled to pay ten shillings a head, besides a month's pay to the army, to save the town from plunder.
Pàgina 221 - ... one of the most magnificent structures of the kind in the kingdom. It was begun about the year 1750, under the authority of government, and was intended to afford security to vessels in the Downs, that were driven from their moorings by stress of weather, many vessels having been lost for want of this accommodation, especially in the great storm of 1748.
Pàgina 58 - III. by the service of finding a knight armed with plate armour in the king's army, when it should be in the territory of Kidwelly, in Wales.
Pàgina 65 - Infpect:ion, are found to be a fort of white Marble, and lie upon the Surface of the Ground in infinite Numbers, and of all Dimenfions. They are loofe, deD 2 tached tached from any Rock, and, as Dr.
Pàgina 222 - At King's Hill is held what is called the Lawless Court, where, on Wednesday morning after Michaelmas-day, the tenants are bound to appear at the first cock-crowing, and...
Pàgina 231 - Edward III. died of grief for the loss of his heroic son, the Black Prince. Here also died Anne, queen of Richard II., who first taught the English ladies the use of the side-saddle. The palace was repaired by Henry V., who founded three religious houses near it, and in 1497 it was destroyed by fire ; but'Henry VII.
Pàgina 22 - Peter-house is the most ancient, and King's College the noblest foundation in Europe, and the chapel one of the finest pieces of Gothic architecture in the world. CAMERA LUCIDA. Invented by Dr. Hooke, about 1674.— Wood's Ath.