Post office [afterw.] Kelly's directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire (the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands).

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Seite 6 - German geologists, streichen signifying to extend, to have a certain direction. Dip and strike may be aptly illustrated by a row of houses running east and west, the long ridge of the roof representing the strike of the stratum of slates, which dip on one side to the north, and on the other to the south.
Seite 32 - There appears to have been a castle here at a very remote period ; for in a grant made to the priory of Monks' Sherbourne, in the reign of Henry II., mention is made of the
Seite 232 - ... promote the study and advancement of the sciences of Natural History, Astronomy, Antiquities, and Classical and Oriental Literature in the town of Southampton...
Seite 230 - Abbey, forming a picturesque object. The town, rising gradually from the margin of the water, is distinguished for the beauty of its situation; and the approach from the London road is through an avenue of stately elms. The principal entrance is through the ancient Bar Gate, on the north front of which are two gigantic figures, representing Sir Bevois, of Southampton, and the giant...
Seite 67 - Tharp, esq., is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is various.
Seite 260 - Fitzwilliam and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are the Hon.
Seite 301 - The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £271, with residence, in the gift of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and held by the Rev.
Seite 101 - The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are John Silvester esq. and William Nicholson esq. but many of the farmers own their land. The soil varies from a still' clay to a light vegetable loam ; subsoil, chalk.
Seite 68 - Mention of the town, however, is first met with about the year 900, in the account given by the Saxon chronicler of the contest for the crown between Edward the Elder and his kinsman Ethelwald in 901 ; the latter having collected troops to support his pretensions, marched to Wimborne, in Dorsetshire, of which place he took possession, and afterwards continued his progress to Tweonea, or Twynham...
Seite 144 - Medows, esq., is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is light ; subsoil, chalk.

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