Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect. Great Britain and IrelandEdwin Hodder Garland Publishing, 1985 - 320 pages |
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... High Street , is quaintly original in its way - consisting of a clock - tower , open belfry , and spire in the Venetian - Gothic style , the elevation being 138 feet . The Prince Consort's statue is on the side facing High Street . For ...
... High Street , is quaintly original in its way - consisting of a clock - tower , open belfry , and spire in the Venetian - Gothic style , the elevation being 138 feet . The Prince Consort's statue is on the side facing High Street . For ...
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... High Street , erected in 1734 and restored in 1854. In it are the Council Chamber and the Town Clerk's offices . It is in the Roman style , with piazzas and Ionic pilasters , after designs by the elder Adam , and has a spire 140 feet high ...
... High Street , erected in 1734 and restored in 1854. In it are the Council Chamber and the Town Clerk's offices . It is in the Roman style , with piazzas and Ionic pilasters , after designs by the elder Adam , and has a spire 140 feet high ...
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... High Street , Gallowgate , London Street , and the " Sautmarket . " At the corner of High Street and Trongate , where an un- sightly pile of warehouses now asserts itself , there once stood the Tolbooth - the same to which Bailie Nicol ...
... High Street , Gallowgate , London Street , and the " Sautmarket . " At the corner of High Street and Trongate , where an un- sightly pile of warehouses now asserts itself , there once stood the Tolbooth - the same to which Bailie Nicol ...
Contents
Its Early HistoryAntiquities of the DistrictBelfast CastleSt Patricks VisitScandinavian InroadsAngloNorman | 15 |
Situation of the TownEarly HistoryFounding of King Edward VI s SchoolLelands Description of the Town | 30 |
Situation of the TownPlagiarisms in StoneEarly HistoryThe De LacisSides with the LancastriansIn the Time | 47 |
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