Picturesque Views on the Upper, Or Warwickshire Avon: From Its Sources at Naseby to Its Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury: with Observations on the Public Buildings, and Other Works of Art in Its VicinityR. Faulder ... ; and T. Egerton, 1795 - 284 pages |
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... mile west of Nafeby . It is remarkable for the coldness of its water in the fummer months ; and was formerly used as a bath by invalids in various chronic complaints , with confidera- ble efficacy . It is now overgrown with weeds and ...
... mile west of Nafeby . It is remarkable for the coldness of its water in the fummer months ; and was formerly used as a bath by invalids in various chronic complaints , with confidera- ble efficacy . It is now overgrown with weeds and ...
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... miles . This ex- tenfive plain , rendered famous for its many productions of rivers and falubrious springs , is not less fo from the importance of the bat- tle there fought on the 14th of July 1645 , between the Parliament Army and that ...
... miles . This ex- tenfive plain , rendered famous for its many productions of rivers and falubrious springs , is not less fo from the importance of the bat- tle there fought on the 14th of July 1645 , between the Parliament Army and that ...
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... miles weftward . The approach to this pleasant village from the river , yields rather an agreeable landscape ; an ancient stone bridge , part of the village , and the venerable tower of the church , modeftly rising above the ...
... miles weftward . The approach to this pleasant village from the river , yields rather an agreeable landscape ; an ancient stone bridge , part of the village , and the venerable tower of the church , modeftly rising above the ...
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... to attract the stranger , or to gra- tify the curious enquirer . I fhall therefore digress a few miles beyond the present subject of investigation toward the ancient town of Leicester ; KING EDWARD THE II ND A MA Leicester ; and ( 16 )
... to attract the stranger , or to gra- tify the curious enquirer . I fhall therefore digress a few miles beyond the present subject of investigation toward the ancient town of Leicester ; KING EDWARD THE II ND A MA Leicester ; and ( 16 )
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... ftill retains the name of King Richard's Well , there was formerly a flight of steps leading down to it ; it is now overgrown with rushes , and running to waste . About a mile a mile diftant , is a field called King's Field ( 23 )
... ftill retains the name of King Richard's Well , there was formerly a flight of steps leading down to it ; it is now overgrown with rushes , and running to waste . About a mile a mile diftant , is a field called King's Field ( 23 )
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