Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect. Great Britain and IrelandEdwin Hodder Garland Publishing, 1985 - 320 pages |
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Page 206
... chief supplies from the Thames , the Lea River , the New River , and wells sunk in the Kentish chalk strata . The total water supply for London is about 125,000,000 gallons daily . Until about eighty years ago the principal ...
... chief supplies from the Thames , the Lea River , the New River , and wells sunk in the Kentish chalk strata . The total water supply for London is about 125,000,000 gallons daily . Until about eighty years ago the principal ...
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... Chief of the Southern District of England , and who is usually a General . Into his hands the whole internal government of the fortress would lapse in time of siege ; and even in time of peace he wields great power , owing to the large ...
... Chief of the Southern District of England , and who is usually a General . Into his hands the whole internal government of the fortress would lapse in time of siege ; and even in time of peace he wields great power , owing to the large ...
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... chief points connecting Sheffield with the general history of the country . The part it played in Cromwell's time was insignificant — indeed it was still an insignificant place , and continued so for a long time subsequently , being ...
... chief points connecting Sheffield with the general history of the country . The part it played in Cromwell's time was insignificant — indeed it was still an insignificant place , and continued so for a long time subsequently , being ...
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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