A descriptive and historical account of Dudley castle, and its surrounding sceneryPrinted and sold at the Office of the late J. Hinton, for Messrs. Nichols, -Messrs. Longman and Company.- Messrs. Hatchards, Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1825 - 144 страници |
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... NOTICES OF THE CASTLE AND ITS PRO- PRIETORS Extract concerning it from Domesday Book . Sylvan beauty of the surrounding Country • • 59 62 • • ib . • Earl Leofric , with his Countess Godiva , and Algar their son 63 Earl Edwin , their ...
... NOTICES OF THE CASTLE AND ITS PRO- PRIETORS Extract concerning it from Domesday Book . Sylvan beauty of the surrounding Country • • 59 62 • • ib . • Earl Leofric , with his Countess Godiva , and Algar their son 63 Earl Edwin , their ...
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... NOTICES OF GEOLOGICAL SUBJECTS , connected with the district around the Castle . Coal and Ironstone 110 Vast extent of Mine - Land round the Castle 115 Tribute of respect to the Memory of the late Jas . Keir , Esq . 117 Ditto to that of ...
... NOTICES OF GEOLOGICAL SUBJECTS , connected with the district around the Castle . Coal and Ironstone 110 Vast extent of Mine - Land round the Castle 115 Tribute of respect to the Memory of the late Jas . Keir , Esq . 117 Ditto to that of ...
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... notices of furnaces : proposed History of them , and matters connected with them , from the earliest to the pre- sent times . Conclusion : with the author's wish for the happiness and prosperity of his Country APPENDIX . · · Brief ...
... notices of furnaces : proposed History of them , and matters connected with them , from the earliest to the pre- sent times . Conclusion : with the author's wish for the happiness and prosperity of his Country APPENDIX . · · Brief ...
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... notice this and a simi- lar Cottage ; yet , as the erection of them demon- strated the good Heart of the poor Miner's late kind Lord , as much as a matter of greater consequence , the circumstance is here briefly related . - Taking , as ...
... notice this and a simi- lar Cottage ; yet , as the erection of them demon- strated the good Heart of the poor Miner's late kind Lord , as much as a matter of greater consequence , the circumstance is here briefly related . - Taking , as ...
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... notice , any more than its humbler neigh- bour the Lodge . ( 9 ) The former is built of pro- vincial stone , from one of Lord Dudley's quarries at Gornal , a neighbouring hamlet . The latter , with its projecting thatched roof and ...
... notice , any more than its humbler neigh- bour the Lodge . ( 9 ) The former is built of pro- vincial stone , from one of Lord Dudley's quarries at Gornal , a neighbouring hamlet . The latter , with its projecting thatched roof and ...
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ancient Atropa Atropa Belladonna Baron of Birmingham beautiful Black bat called Caverns Chase Church clunch Colliery Colonell daughter deeds denominated died ditto Duddeley Dudley and Ward Dudley Castle Earl of Mercia earth edifice Edward Lord Edwin eldest Erdeswick feet former fossil Frances his Wife Frances Ward Friend Gervase Grandeur heathen coal heir Henry Henry III Hills Himley honour horse Humble ironstone John de Sutton King Kingswinford Lady last Lord latter limestone live Lord Dudley Lord Ward Lordship Madam Frances manors married miners Nature neighbourhood neighbouring noble Paganel Parish Park Parliament path person portion present Priory reign rock Roger de Somery Rowley Ruin scene Seat Sedgley seen Sir William Brereton Somery Souldiers specimen Staffordshire stone succeeded supposed surface Tipton Towers trees venerable Viscount Dudley Walks walls Ward was buried William Fitz Ansculph William Ward Wych Elm yard
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