Leigh's New Pocket Road-book of England & Wales

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M.A. Leigh, 1839

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Pàgina 470 - Scotland, on the East by the German Ocean, on the South by the English Channel, and on the West by St.
Pàgina 152 - The houses are excavated from the rock to the depth of one story beneath the level of the ground, on each side, and have a portico running along their front, level with the ground at the back, but one story above the street. These porticoes, which are called the Rows, aiford a covered walk to pedestrians, and beneath them are shops and warehouses on a level with the street.
Pàgina 194 - It was then converted into an abbey church, and is now one of the finest in the west of England, containing specimens of various styles of architecture, from the time of the Normans to that of Henry VII. In the south transept is a splendid monument to the memory of John, Earl of Bristol, who died in 1698. Near this is a tablet with lines by Pope, to the memory of a son and daughter of William Lord Digby. Here also Sir Thomas Wyatt the poet was buried. The abbey is now occupied as a silk manufactory.
Pàgina 384 - SCARBOROUGH is delightfully situated in the recess of a bay, whence it rises In the form of an amphitheatre to the summit of a cliff or scar. Its name, signifying a fortified rock, is of Saxon derivation ; and there is reason to suppose that it was also a Roman settlement. It ranks among the most ancient boroughs which send members to Parliament. The town was in ancient times...
Pàgina 383 - BEVERLEY, an extensive and pleasant town near the Hull, at the foot of the York Wolds. The houses are elegant, and the principal street is terminated by an ancient gateway. The market-place, which comprises an area of nearly four acres, is ornamented with an octangular market-cross. In ancient times, the woods and marshes of Deira lay immediately to the north of the Humber.
Pàgina 153 - Chester, whose remains, together with those of his uncle and several of his successors, were deposited here. St John's Church, on the east side of the city, without the walls, is supposed to have been founded by Ethelred in 689. In Trinity Church lie the remains of Matthew Henry the commentator, and of Parnell the poet.
Pàgina 294 - ... excepted,) from the application of steam power to navigation. The docks are constructed on a most stupendous scale. They consist of wet, dry, and graving docks, and are connected with wide and commodious quays, and immense warehouses. The wet docks occupy a water superficies of 90 acres, 3384 yards, and the quays measure seven miles 156 yards in length.
Pàgina 421 - FLAHSTEAD, a village in Hertfordshire, England. It was a place of some importance in the time of the Romans being in possession of England. The house in Greenwich Park, in which is the Royal Observatory, and from whence the English meridional line of longitude is drawn, is commonly called Flamstead House, after the name of its first astronomer. See GREENWICH. FLANDERS, a country of Europe ; bounded on the...

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