Sketches, illustrative of the topography and history of new and old Sleaford1825 - 80 pages |
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... cross the channel , for the purpose of trading with the inhabitants of the neighbouring coasts of Gaul.b That they really had attained to some knowledge in another useful art , the most conducive to life , is further shewn by their ...
... cross the channel , for the purpose of trading with the inhabitants of the neighbouring coasts of Gaul.b That they really had attained to some knowledge in another useful art , the most conducive to life , is further shewn by their ...
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... crosses the Glen at Catebridge , ( whereabouts it is now called a It would appear from the above account of Dr. Stukeley , that he was of opinion this road did not extend beyond Sleaford ; or , at all events , that he was not able to ...
... crosses the Glen at Catebridge , ( whereabouts it is now called a It would appear from the above account of Dr. Stukeley , that he was of opinion this road did not extend beyond Sleaford ; or , at all events , that he was not able to ...
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... crosses the enclosures to the Boston road , taking its course along Old Eau Lane , a little eastward of the Old Place ; but here he speaks of another Roman road coming in from the fen country , and that they intersected each other at ...
... crosses the enclosures to the Boston road , taking its course along Old Eau Lane , a little eastward of the Old Place ; but here he speaks of another Roman road coming in from the fen country , and that they intersected each other at ...
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... crosses the Roman : here is a cross of stone and by it four little holes made in the ground : they tell silly stories of a witch and a horse making a prodigious leap , and that his feet rested in these holes , which I rather think the ...
... crosses the Roman : here is a cross of stone and by it four little holes made in the ground : they tell silly stories of a witch and a horse making a prodigious leap , and that his feet rested in these holes , which I rather think the ...
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... cross we find mentioned in the a A Fee Farm rent of fifty pounds a year is paid to the crown by the earl of Bristol , for the manor of Sleaford . b " Many crosses were placed as marks of the boundaries of districts , which remain at ...
... cross we find mentioned in the a A Fee Farm rent of fifty pounds a year is paid to the crown by the earl of Bristol , for the manor of Sleaford . b " Many crosses were placed as marks of the boundaries of districts , which remain at ...
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Page 274 - They were a less strict sort of religious than the monks, but lived together under one roof, had a common dormitory and refectory, and were obliged to observe the statutes of their order. The chief rule for these [regular] canons is that of St.
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Page 37 - ... was allowed to kill game on his own estate, but upon the conquest, the king vested the property of all the game in himself, so that no one could sport even on his own land, under the most cruel penalties, without permission ftom the king, by grant of a chase or free warren.