The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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It afterwards assumes a new and indeed a stupenduous character . Forests of masts , docks of vast extent , the great naval arsenals , and the immense living navigation , possess and adorn it till after a course of more than two hundred ...
It afterwards assumes a new and indeed a stupenduous character . Forests of masts , docks of vast extent , the great naval arsenals , and the immense living navigation , possess and adorn it till after a course of more than two hundred ...
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... between the Earl of Derby , afterwards Henry the Fourth , and Robert de Vere , Earl of Oxford , Marquis of Dublin , and Duke of Ireland , who headed the discontented barons , among whom were Thomas Duke of Gloucester , the Earls of ...
... between the Earl of Derby , afterwards Henry the Fourth , and Robert de Vere , Earl of Oxford , Marquis of Dublin , and Duke of Ireland , who headed the discontented barons , among whom were Thomas Duke of Gloucester , the Earls of ...
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It appears , however , to have been fixed upon as a place of conference between Ethelred and the Danes in the year 1015 ; and that in seven years afterwards , in 1022 , Capute assembled here a council of the nation , when the laws of ...
It appears , however , to have been fixed upon as a place of conference between Ethelred and the Danes in the year 1015 ; and that in seven years afterwards , in 1022 , Capute assembled here a council of the nation , when the laws of ...
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Nuneham Courtenay , at the General Survey , belonged to Richard de Curcy and afterwards to the family of Riparys or Redvers . Mary , youngest daughter of William de Redvers , Earl of Devon , who , as well as his uncle William ...
Nuneham Courtenay , at the General Survey , belonged to Richard de Curcy and afterwards to the family of Riparys or Redvers . Mary , youngest daughter of William de Redvers , Earl of Devon , who , as well as his uncle William ...
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Its manor and church were afterwards granted to the Abbey of Reading , as appears from the confirmation of the charter of Henry the Second , its founder , by Hubert , Archbishop of Canterbury , and Robert , Bishop of Sarum .
Its manor and church were afterwards granted to the Abbey of Reading , as appears from the confirmation of the charter of Henry the Second , its founder , by Hubert , Archbishop of Canterbury , and Robert , Bishop of Sarum .
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| Title | The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River Volume 1 of The Thames; Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River, William Bernard Cooke |
| Author | Samuel Owen |
| Illustrated by | William Bernard Cooke, Samuel Owen |
| Publisher | Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 20, 2007 |
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