The modern British traveller: or, Tourist's pocket directory. Wales. North Wales, Band 1 |
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The Modern British Traveller: Or, Tourist's Pocket Directory. Cumberland Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2020 |
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Seite 135 - shade, upon the 2d of July, no booth being permitted beyond the extent of its boughs ; but as their extremities are now becoming sapless, and age is daily curtailing their length, the liberties of the fair seem to be in rather a declining condition.
Seite 36 - produce heads this, and afford a fourth or fifth part of the crop it did the preceding season ; by which time the several plants are in general exhausted, though a fourth and even fifth year of carraway, has been known to succeed. The coriander, or col, as some call it, and carraway, are to be treated with care when ripe,
Seite 122 - the river of Lea (for she herself had been well washed in the water), caused two stone bridges to be builded, of the which one was situated over Lue, at the
Seite 128 - neighbouring forest was part of the estate of Harold, the son of earl Godwin, and king of England. From the architecture of the Church at \\althamstow it appears to have been' first built soon alter the monastery of the Holy Trinity in 1112, and probably by the same foundress, who was Matilda, the wife of Henry I. However, if it
Seite 56 - In the north-east and north-west towers, upon the same floor with the chapel, are various small rooms or recesses, and in the latter is also a staircase, which descends from the upper part of the tower, and terminates at the first floor. At the foot of the stairs, in the north wall of the castle, is a sally-port,
Seite 43 - than all the sermons that had been preached there a long time before." About nine miles from Dover Court, and one . south of Manningtree, we observe, upon an agreeable eminence, the pleasant seat of Francis Hale Rigby, Esq. which is called
Seite 32 - or gravelly sand, at a foot or a foot and a half below the surface, other parts are moist and binding, affording a quick vegetation, and requiring constant attention in the summer months, to prevent it exhausting itself, by a spontaneous produce; the plough is seen to occupy
Seite 91 - On raising the coffin there was discovered an elm coffin inclosed, about one quarter of an inch, thick, very firm and entire. On removing the lid of this coffin it was found to inclose a shell of about three quarters of an inch thick, which was covered with a thick cement of a dark olive
Seite 98 - offices, are within the walls of this building. Contiguous to it is a neatly sculptured conduit, to which the water is brought from a spring about a quarter of a mile distant. When the original conduit was built is not Known; the present was erected a few years ago, by the subscriptions of the inhabitants,
Seite 120 - lofte atte gate, edified to the honour of Almighty God, and of the holy rood." An alto relievo representation of the holy rood, or crucifixion, is still visible on the wall. From having formerly contained a bell, supposed to be for the curfew,