An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town & Castle of Warwick;: And of the Neighbouring Spa of Leamington: to which are Added, Short Notices of the Towns, Villages, &c. Within the Circuit of Ten Miles. Intended Principally for the Information of Strangers ...H. Sharpe, and sold by Messrs. Rivington, London, and all other booksellers, 1815 - Leamington (England) - 468 pages |
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Page 367 - The length of his life enriched the reigns of several princes, and disgraced the last of them. A variety of knowledge proclaims the universality, a multiplicity of works the abundance, St. Paul's the greatness, of Sir Christopher's genius. The noblest temple, the largest palace, the most sumptuous hospital, in such a kingdom as Britain, are all works of the same hand.
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Page 389 - Offchurch, ahout three miles east of Leamington, is said to derive its name from Offa, king of the Mercians, who had a residence here. In the time of Edward the Confessor it was part of the extensive possessions of Earl Leofric, who bestowed it upon the monks of Coventry. At the Dissolution, Offchurch was granted by Henry VIII. to Sir Edmund Knightley, in whose family the manor remained, till, by the marriage...
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Page 80 - ... gaiety and fashion. THE COURT HOUSE. THIS stately building was erected about 1730, under the direction of JOHN SMITH, an architect of considerable celebrity, at the expence of the Corporation. For this, however, under the charge of a misapplication of the public money, they were summoned to appear in the Court of Chancery; and were suspended from the exercise of all their power and privileges: to which they were not restored till the year 1738. It is, indeed, a spacious and handsome edifice;...
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| Title | An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town & Castle of Warwick;: And of the Neighbouring Spa of Leamington: to which are Added, Short Notices of the Towns, Villages, &c. Within the Circuit of Ten Miles. Intended Principally for the Information of Strangers ... |
| Author | William Field |
| Illustrated by | William Radclyffe |
| Publisher | H. Sharpe, and sold by Messrs. Rivington, London, and all other booksellers, 1815 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 468 pages |
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