The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Middlesex |
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... LEICESTERSHIRE . The Topography and Antiquities of this County , having been very fully and minutely narrated by Mr. J. NICHOLS , To each of those gentlemen whose names are accompanied by an aste- risk , I am obliged for the ...
... LEICESTERSHIRE . The Topography and Antiquities of this County , having been very fully and minutely narrated by Mr. J. NICHOLS , To each of those gentlemen whose names are accompanied by an aste- risk , I am obliged for the ...
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... Leicestershire ; and some memoirs of him will be given in the course of describing that county . + The Antiquities of Furness , edited by W. Close , 8vo . 1805 , p . 402 . fore his attempt to wrest the crown from Henry the 80 LANCASHIRE .
... Leicestershire ; and some memoirs of him will be given in the course of describing that county . + The Antiquities of Furness , edited by W. Close , 8vo . 1805 , p . 402 . fore his attempt to wrest the crown from Henry the 80 LANCASHIRE .
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... Leicestershire . At the dissolution , it was granted to the Monteagle family , who possessed also an old baronial mansion called Hornby - Castle , which is seated on an eminence , about half a mile from the river . According to Camden ...
... Leicestershire . At the dissolution , it was granted to the Monteagle family , who possessed also an old baronial mansion called Hornby - Castle , which is seated on an eminence , about half a mile from the river . According to Camden ...
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... Leicestershire . In 1719 , this estate was possessed by Paul Burrand , Esq . and now belongs to a descendant of his family . Near the village of Kellet is a natural curiosity called DUNAL- MILL - HOLE , which is a large cavern of very ...
... Leicestershire . In 1719 , this estate was possessed by Paul Burrand , Esq . and now belongs to a descendant of his family . Near the village of Kellet is a natural curiosity called DUNAL- MILL - HOLE , which is a large cavern of very ...
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... LEICESTERSHIRE , CALLED in the Domesday Survey Ledecestrescire , is an in- land county , situated nearly in the middle of England , and envi- roned by the counties of Rutland and Lincoln to the East , Not- tingham and Derby on the North ...
... LEICESTERSHIRE , CALLED in the Domesday Survey Ledecestrescire , is an in- land county , situated nearly in the middle of England , and envi- roned by the counties of Rutland and Lincoln to the East , Not- tingham and Derby on the North ...
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