Sketches, illustrative of the topography and history of new and old Sleaford1825 - 80 pages |
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... field , while childishly amusing himself , is performing the important task of preparing materials for the master work- man . Indeed the study of antiquity may be truly considered one of particular importance to mankind , as from it may ...
... field , while childishly amusing himself , is performing the important task of preparing materials for the master work- man . Indeed the study of antiquity may be truly considered one of particular importance to mankind , as from it may ...
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... field ; they were buried in our church - yard . 1602 - A child Xtned the day of its father's burial . ( This was a practice by no means uncom- mon in those days , and arose , perhaps , from a mistaken interpretation of this passage of ...
... field ; they were buried in our church - yard . 1602 - A child Xtned the day of its father's burial . ( This was a practice by no means uncom- mon in those days , and arose , perhaps , from a mistaken interpretation of this passage of ...
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... field ; they were buried in our church - yard . 1602 - A child Xtned the day of its father's burial . ( This was a practice by no means uncom- mon in those days , and arose , perhaps , from a mistaken interpretation of this passage of ...
... field ; they were buried in our church - yard . 1602 - A child Xtned the day of its father's burial . ( This was a practice by no means uncom- mon in those days , and arose , perhaps , from a mistaken interpretation of this passage of ...
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... field called the " Danc- ing piece , " no doubt so named from the shaking and quavering motion of the ground , being composed entirely of a kind of heath or turberry . Also adjoining is a beautiful small pool of water , known by the ...
... field called the " Danc- ing piece , " no doubt so named from the shaking and quavering motion of the ground , being composed entirely of a kind of heath or turberry . Also adjoining is a beautiful small pool of water , known by the ...
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... Field , a part of the road leading to Silk Willoughby , being called in ancient writings , " Stump - cross road . ] Sometimes they were crected where the corpse of any Conference referred to at page 43 , in one part 76 SLEAFORD .
... Field , a part of the road leading to Silk Willoughby , being called in ancient writings , " Stump - cross road . ] Sometimes they were crected where the corpse of any Conference referred to at page 43 , in one part 76 SLEAFORD .
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Page 299 - Plight (towards the end of the fifteenth or the beginning of the sixteenth century...
Page 289 - Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Page 60 - I to the Church the living call, and to the grave do summon all, AR 1728.
Page 25 - For the execution of this survey, commissioners were sent into every county and shire : and juries summoned in each hundred, out of all orders of freemen, from barons down to the lowest farmers...
Page 193 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
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Page 333 - For the first business of these Knights was to provide for such pilgrims at that hospital, and to protect them from injuries and insults upon the road. They were instituted about AD 1092, and were very much favoured by Godfrey of Bulloigne, and his successor Baldwin, King of Jerusalem.
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.
Page 120 - This lady, whose maiden name was Moore, was the daughter of a clergyman, and the wife of the Rev. John Brooke, rector of Colney, in NorF4 to fame.
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.