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... BURFORD , A COTSWOLD TOWN Curious Names - The Windrush - Burford Priory- An Empty Shell - The Kingmaker - Lord Falkland -Speaker Lenthall - Bibury Races - An Old Tradition - Valued Relics - Burford Church - Mr . Oman's Discovery ...
... BURFORD , A COTSWOLD TOWN Curious Names - The Windrush - Burford Priory- An Empty Shell - The Kingmaker - Lord Falkland -Speaker Lenthall - Bibury Races - An Old Tradition - Valued Relics - Burford Church - Mr . Oman's Discovery ...
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... BURFORD PRIORY • BURFORD PRIORY · • • · THE MANOR HOUSE , COLN - ST . - ALDWYNS . BIBURY STREET · • PAGE Frontispiece I II · · • Facing 14 19 3 16 26 " 32 · • 39 Facing 42 · 69 Facing 78 . 98 Facing 106 • • 120 • .134 Facing 140 · · 153 ...
... BURFORD PRIORY • BURFORD PRIORY · • • · THE MANOR HOUSE , COLN - ST . - ALDWYNS . BIBURY STREET · • PAGE Frontispiece I II · · • Facing 14 19 3 16 26 " 32 · • 39 Facing 42 · 69 Facing 78 . 98 Facing 106 • • 120 • .134 Facing 140 · · 153 ...
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... Burford , and containing about three hundred square miles , is a vast tract of hill country , intersected by numerous narrow valleys . Probably at one period this district was a rough , uncultivated moor . It is now cultivated for the ...
... Burford , and containing about three hundred square miles , is a vast tract of hill country , intersected by numerous narrow valleys . Probably at one period this district was a rough , uncultivated moor . It is now cultivated for the ...
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... Burford , and Bibury , and the ancient manor houses scattered throughout the Cotswolds are fitting monuments to the men who laboured to erect them . Would that space allowed a detailed account of all these old manor houses ! Enough has ...
... Burford , and Bibury , and the ancient manor houses scattered throughout the Cotswolds are fitting monuments to the men who laboured to erect them . Would that space allowed a detailed account of all these old manor houses ! Enough has ...
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Joseph Arthur Gibbes. ART NADE A DISH OF FISH . CAUGHT BY THE VICAR OF FAIRFORD ( WEIGHT 17 LBS . ) [ To face page 172 . BURFORD PRIORY . To face page 186 .
Joseph Arthur Gibbes. ART NADE A DISH OF FISH . CAUGHT BY THE VICAR OF FAIRFORD ( WEIGHT 17 LBS . ) [ To face page 172 . BURFORD PRIORY . To face page 186 .
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