Excursions in the county of Surrey [by T.K. Cromwell. With an additional engr. title-leaf dated 1822].Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; J. Greig; and P. Youngman, 1821 - Surrey (England) - 190 pages |
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... east by Kent , and on the west by Berkshire and Hampshire . Its greatest length from north to south is about twenty - six miles , its greatest breadth from east to west about thirty - eight ; from which will be seen , that in point of ...
... east by Kent , and on the west by Berkshire and Hampshire . Its greatest length from north to south is about twenty - six miles , its greatest breadth from east to west about thirty - eight ; from which will be seen , that in point of ...
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... east to west , have an atmosphere which may be pronounced dry , somewhat keen , and to valetudinarians particularly bracing . The soils are very much intermixed in small patches throughout the county , but may be said generally to be ...
... east to west , have an atmosphere which may be pronounced dry , somewhat keen , and to valetudinarians particularly bracing . The soils are very much intermixed in small patches throughout the county , but may be said generally to be ...
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... eastern bank of the Wey , though tradition states the original site of the town to have been on the opposite side of that river . The existence of such a tradition , countenanced , though not actually proved , by collateral evidence ...
... eastern bank of the Wey , though tradition states the original site of the town to have been on the opposite side of that river . The existence of such a tradition , countenanced , though not actually proved , by collateral evidence ...
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... and near the south - east angle ) on the ground , seeming to be filled up with large square stones , of a different kind from the rest of the castle ; and having , in order to increase the deception , machicolations * over 14 SURREY .
... and near the south - east angle ) on the ground , seeming to be filled up with large square stones , of a different kind from the rest of the castle ; and having , in order to increase the deception , machicolations * over 14 SURREY .
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... east bank of the river , stood a house of Dominican , or preaching Friars , founded , but at what precise period is unknown , by Queen Eleanor , consort to Henry III . Henry VIII . , after the dissolution , erected a mansion on its site ...
... east bank of the river , stood a house of Dominican , or preaching Friars , founded , but at what precise period is unknown , by Queen Eleanor , consort to Henry III . Henry VIII . , after the dissolution , erected a mansion on its site ...
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Page 95 - ... which fell out by a peal of chambers, (that I know not upon what occasion were to be used in the play) the tampin or stopple of one of them lighting in the thatch that...