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... road . They were instituted about the year 1092 , and soon after came into England , and had a house built for them in London in 1100. Combining the austere rules of the monk with the warlike activity of the soldier , the renown which ...
... road . They were instituted about the year 1092 , and soon after came into England , and had a house built for them in London in 1100. Combining the austere rules of the monk with the warlike activity of the soldier , the renown which ...
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... road making ; and he states his belief that as much , or more , still remains buried under the green sward of the field of which it now forms a part , and the present appearance of the ground warrants that opinion . The quadrangle is ...
... road making ; and he states his belief that as much , or more , still remains buried under the green sward of the field of which it now forms a part , and the present appearance of the ground warrants that opinion . The quadrangle is ...
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... road run- ning through the parish from Caersws , which are still plainly discernible in the farm yard of Sarn , lying parallel to the turnpike road , and carried on towards Sarn Bigog and Sarn Ddu in a direction north of Plyn- limon ...
... road run- ning through the parish from Caersws , which are still plainly discernible in the farm yard of Sarn , lying parallel to the turnpike road , and carried on towards Sarn Bigog and Sarn Ddu in a direction north of Plyn- limon ...
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... road to the westward through these hills . A farther consideration connected with the rapid de- velopement of the railway system in our day will be apt to force itself on the mind of the antiquary , and , in the present instance , tinge ...
... road to the westward through these hills . A farther consideration connected with the rapid de- velopement of the railway system in our day will be apt to force itself on the mind of the antiquary , and , in the present instance , tinge ...
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... roads , forts and camps ; and that some of these stations must have been extensive , and capable of containing within their walls a numerous body of soldiers , may be gleaned from the lower line of this inscription , viz . COH . I ...
... roads , forts and camps ; and that some of these stations must have been extensive , and capable of containing within their walls a numerous body of soldiers , may be gleaned from the lower line of this inscription , viz . COH . I ...
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