The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and W.B. Cooke, 1811 - England |
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... four miles to the south - west of Great Marlow , in the county of Buckingham . 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 ...
... four miles to the south - west of Great Marlow , in the county of Buckingham . 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 ...
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... four , yards . The church , therefore , must have been a neat stately building , well wrought with Ashler work , and the windows lofty and spacious : it appears to have consisted of a body , two side isles , and chancels , with a tower ...
... four , yards . The church , therefore , must have been a neat stately building , well wrought with Ashler work , and the windows lofty and spacious : it appears to have consisted of a body , two side isles , and chancels , with a tower ...
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... four of their royal offspring were born within its walls . Edward the Second made it also the place of his residence ; and his son , after- wards Edward the Third , of glorious name , was born here , and , on that account , called ...
... four of their royal offspring were born within its walls . Edward the Second made it also the place of his residence ; and his son , after- wards Edward the Third , of glorious name , was born here , and , on that account , called ...
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... Four years after , two com- missioners were appointed to provide stone , timber , lead , iron , & c . and privileged to seize carriages for the conveyance of materials necessary for this great undertaking . The magnificent works were ...
... Four years after , two com- missioners were appointed to provide stone , timber , lead , iron , & c . and privileged to seize carriages for the conveyance of materials necessary for this great undertaking . The magnificent works were ...
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... four in number , without a turning , and is surrounded by a gallery , twenty - feet in length in the front , and forty - seven feet on each side . The height is ninety nine feet ; the external building having been raised about twenty ...
... four in number , without a turning , and is surrounded by a gallery , twenty - feet in length in the front , and forty - seven feet on each side . The height is ninety nine feet ; the external building having been raised about twenty ...
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