The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme: Being that Part of Lincolnshire which is West of TrentLongman, Rees, Orme, & Company, 1839 - 463 pages |
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... East Lound , Graizelound , Low Burnham , High Burnham , Westwoodside , Newbiggs , Upperthorpe , Nethergate , and Park ; —in OwSTON , West Butter- wick , Kelfield , West Kinnard Ferry , with a small portion of East Ferry , and Gunthorpe ...
... East Lound , Graizelound , Low Burnham , High Burnham , Westwoodside , Newbiggs , Upperthorpe , Nethergate , and Park ; —in OwSTON , West Butter- wick , Kelfield , West Kinnard Ferry , with a small portion of East Ferry , and Gunthorpe ...
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... east and north - east of their road , be- tween the two last mentioned towns , lay the borders of a great forest , which extended through all the low grounds , on the Level of Hatfield Chase , and on both sides of the present channel of ...
... east and north - east of their road , be- tween the two last mentioned towns , lay the borders of a great forest , which extended through all the low grounds , on the Level of Hatfield Chase , and on both sides of the present channel of ...
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... east and west . They were most probably the barrows under which the bodies of the slain had been buried , after some ... eastern coast . The Saxon magistrate of the place , in order to know who they were and what they wanted , went down ...
... east and west . They were most probably the barrows under which the bodies of the slain had been buried , after some ... eastern coast . The Saxon magistrate of the place , in order to know who they were and what they wanted , went down ...
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... East Angles ; and from thence proceeded to the Humber . Entering the Trent with his fleet , Sweyne landed at Gainsbrough , which place was then just growing up out of the ruins of Torksey * , where he assumed the title and dignity of ...
... East Angles ; and from thence proceeded to the Humber . Entering the Trent with his fleet , Sweyne landed at Gainsbrough , which place was then just growing up out of the ruins of Torksey * , where he assumed the title and dignity of ...
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... east , the Ouse to the north , and the river Don to the south ; so that a few forces could defend it against very superior numbers , especially as the Danes by their fleet were masters of all these rivers . On the offer of a large bribe ...
... east , the Ouse to the north , and the river Don to the south ; so that a few forces could defend it against very superior numbers , especially as the Danes by their fleet were masters of all these rivers . On the offer of a large bribe ...
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