The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1 |
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RADCOT WEIR . death , brought to England , by order of the king , and , at the expence of his majesty , was buried with great pomp and solemnity , at Colne , in the county of Essex . The death of this nobleman gave a curious subject for ...
RADCOT WEIR . death , brought to England , by order of the king , and , at the expence of his majesty , was buried with great pomp and solemnity , at Colne , in the county of Essex . The death of this nobleman gave a curious subject for ...
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In other parts of the College there are statues of King Alfred , James the Second , Queen Mary the consort of William the Third , and Queen Anne . זי All Souls College is also in the High Street . - The altarpiece represents the ...
In other parts of the College there are statues of King Alfred , James the Second , Queen Mary the consort of William the Third , and Queen Anne . זי All Souls College is also in the High Street . - The altarpiece represents the ...
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Here the king kept his court , and hither the people resorted while consultations were depending about the greatest and most weighty affairs in the kingdom . " Ciss , a king of the West Saxons , built a spacious abbey here about the ...
Here the king kept his court , and hither the people resorted while consultations were depending about the greatest and most weighty affairs in the kingdom . " Ciss , a king of the West Saxons , built a spacious abbey here about the ...
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This manor being given , before the second of King John , by Hugh de Bolbec , to the Cistercian monks of Wooburne , in Bedfordshire , they transferred some of their society to this spot , about the year 1204 , and it became a small ...
This manor being given , before the second of King John , by Hugh de Bolbec , to the Cistercian monks of Wooburne , in Bedfordshire , they transferred some of their society to this spot , about the year 1204 , and it became a small ...
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The manor of Marlow , previous to the conquest , was in the possession of Alger , Earl of Mercia , and descended to his son , from whom it was taken by King William , and granted to his Queen Matilda . At the period of the survey it was ...
The manor of Marlow , previous to the conquest , was in the possession of Alger , Earl of Mercia , and descended to his son , from whom it was taken by King William , and granted to his Queen Matilda . At the period of the survey it was ...
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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 The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, William Bernard Cooke |
| Author | William Bernard Cooke |
| Publisher | Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and W.B. Cooke, 1811 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Mar 28, 2007 |
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