The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 15, Part 1Thomas Maiden, 1814 |
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... hills , is , also , much elevated , and com- mands a variety of pleasing prospects . The insulated situation of the county , and its freedom from any great inequalities of surface , render the climate mild , and vegetation early . It is ...
... hills , is , also , much elevated , and com- mands a variety of pleasing prospects . The insulated situation of the county , and its freedom from any great inequalities of surface , render the climate mild , and vegetation early . It is ...
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... hills ; and the comely spire and gothic ornaments of the adjacent village church impart a soothing air of pensiveness to the neighbourhood . The seclusion of this walk was deepened by lines of trees , among which were some Spanish oaks ...
... hills ; and the comely spire and gothic ornaments of the adjacent village church impart a soothing air of pensiveness to the neighbourhood . The seclusion of this walk was deepened by lines of trees , among which were some Spanish oaks ...
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... hills , a range of elevations which seem named with great propriety , as they rise quickly to a marked and highly - exalted ridge in the neighbourhood of a compara- tively level district . The Edge - hills form a natural terrace nearly ...
... hills , a range of elevations which seem named with great propriety , as they rise quickly to a marked and highly - exalted ridge in the neighbourhood of a compara- tively level district . The Edge - hills form a natural terrace nearly ...
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... hill ' on which the castle stood is a well , also locally called King John's Well . We have not any historical documents to shew that Kineton ever attained much commercial distinction . It has a weekly market , and two annual fairs . In ...
... hill ' on which the castle stood is a well , also locally called King John's Well . We have not any historical documents to shew that Kineton ever attained much commercial distinction . It has a weekly market , and two annual fairs . In ...
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... Hill , where his head was stricken off . On a part of the rocky hill near the top is the following ancient inscription : " P. GAVESTON , EARL OF CORNWALL , BEHEADED HERE + 1311 . At CHESTERTON there are , on the Roman Foss Way , the ...
... Hill , where his head was stricken off . On a part of the rocky hill near the top is the following ancient inscription : " P. GAVESTON , EARL OF CORNWALL , BEHEADED HERE + 1311 . At CHESTERTON there are , on the Roman Foss Way , the ...
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