The Eastern Counties Railway Illustrated GuideJames Truscott, 1851 - 64 Seiten |
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... remains to be done . The peaty division is nothing more than the lowest and most undrainable parts of the moory , and is totally unfit for reclaim- ation . These peat beds , however , are valuable as affording fuel for the inhabitants ...
... remains to be done . The peaty division is nothing more than the lowest and most undrainable parts of the moory , and is totally unfit for reclaim- ation . These peat beds , however , are valuable as affording fuel for the inhabitants ...
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... remains of the once celebrated abbey of Stratford Langthorne , founded in 1134 or 1135 by William de Montfichet , for the monks of the Cistercian order , and dedicated to the Virgin and All Saints . The demesnes of this abbey ...
... remains of the once celebrated abbey of Stratford Langthorne , founded in 1134 or 1135 by William de Montfichet , for the monks of the Cistercian order , and dedicated to the Virgin and All Saints . The demesnes of this abbey ...
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... remains of Charles Lamb ( better known by his ever- fascinating pseudonyme of Elia ) , one of the ornaments of modern English literature , who lived for many years in this neighbour- hood ; first at Enfield , and then , till the close ...
... remains of Charles Lamb ( better known by his ever- fascinating pseudonyme of Elia ) , one of the ornaments of modern English literature , who lived for many years in this neighbour- hood ; first at Enfield , and then , till the close ...
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... remains are the nave of the Abbey Church , now the parochial church ; a chapel on the south side called the Lady Chapel , now a school room and vestry , under which is a fine crypt ; some ruinous walls ; a small bridge and gateway near ...
... remains are the nave of the Abbey Church , now the parochial church ; a chapel on the south side called the Lady Chapel , now a school room and vestry , under which is a fine crypt ; some ruinous walls ; a small bridge and gateway near ...
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... remains , which can be seen from the railway : it was built in the time of Henry VI . by Andrew Ochard . Mrs. Ellis , the gifted authoress of " Women of England , " and many other popular works , has a school at this place . Returning ...
... remains , which can be seen from the railway : it was built in the time of Henry VI . by Andrew Ochard . Mrs. Ellis , the gifted authoress of " Women of England , " and many other popular works , has a school at this place . Returning ...
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Abbey acres afford ancient antiquity appearance beautiful Bishop Bishop's Stortford borough bridge Broxbourne building built called Cambridge Castle Cathedral celebrated chancel chapel Charles Chelmsford Cheshunt Chesterford church Colchester College commenced considerable contains court cross distance district Earl east Eastern Counties Railway Edward Edward the Confessor elegant eminence England erected Essex feet Fens formerly Hall Harwich Henry VIII House Ingatestone inhabitants John King kingdom Lake Lothing land London Lord Lowestoft Maldon manor mansion market town marshes miles monuments nave nearly neighbourhood Nene noble Norfolk Norwich originally parish Parliament passed Peterborough population portion possesses present principal Queen Reedham reign of Henry residence river river Lea river Nene Roman Royal Saint scenery seat side situated station stone Stortford Stratford style Suffolk supposed Thetford tower trade Trinity Ugley vessels village Waltham William Wisbeach Wymondham Yarmouth
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Seite 8 - design hereafter to be promulgated.' A third was a ' Company for carrying on an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is ; every subscriber who deposits £2. per share, to be entitled to £100. per annum.' Even this insolent attempt on the credulity of the nation succeeded ; and when the
Seite 42 - Shoals of them pass from the north to the south, and from the east to the west, in quest of food, for the purpose of depositing their spawn in the rivers, and enjoying that proportion of warmth which appears essential to their existence. When the weather becomes cold, they leave the North seas, and steer to the American rivers, and other more southern climes ; as
Seite 12 - I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round. To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns and ruined swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widows' tears, and orphans' moans.
Seite 34 - organ-pipes, vestments, both copes and surplices, together with the leaden cross which had been newly sawed down from over the green-yard pulpit, and all the service-books and singingbooks that could be had, were carried to the fire in the public market-place
Seite 37 - from Christmas to Twelfth Night. Ale flowed in oceans for the populace. Three coaches, one of which had been built at a cost of five hundred pounds to contain fourteen persons, were sent every afternoon round the city to bring
Seite 37 - the dances were always followed by a luxurious banquet. When the Duke of Norfolk came to Norwich, he was greeted like a king returning to his capital. The bells of the cathedral and of Saint Peter Mancroft were rung. The
Seite 37 - in the kingdom out of London. In this mansion, to which were annexed a tennis court, a bowling green, and a wilderness, stretching along the bank of the Wensum, the noble family of Howard frequently resided, and kept a state
Seite 12 - sack, milk, oranges, and sugar, which all put together, made a drink like nectar ; indeed, too good for any but us anglers." This, however, has, alas ! long since departed, and the sweet shades he speaks of live only in the fervid imagination of the cockney poets, who come here, as to classic ground, to
Seite 37 - were thought by Fellows of the Royal Society well worthy of a long pilgrimage. Norwich had also a court in miniature. In the heart of the city stood an old palace of the
Seite 37 - to guests in goblets of pure gold. The very tongs and shovels were of silver. Pictures by Italian masters adorned the walls. The cabinets were filled with a fine collection of gems