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... England and Wales , showing Annual Rainfall • Front Cover • Back Cover 6 46 The illustrations reproduced on pp . 12 , 15 , 29 , 48 , 94 , 101 , 113 , 121 , 135 , 155 , 156 , 162 , 164 , and 165 are from photographs by Mr W. J. W. Stocks ...
... England and Wales , showing Annual Rainfall • Front Cover • Back Cover 6 46 The illustrations reproduced on pp . 12 , 15 , 29 , 48 , 94 , 101 , 113 , 121 , 135 , 155 , 156 , 162 , 164 , and 165 are from photographs by Mr W. J. W. Stocks ...
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... England into shires , but this is hardly correct , for some are spoken of as such in the early chronicles long before his date , while the county of London , on the other hand , which is essentially a shire , only came into being in ...
... England into shires , but this is hardly correct , for some are spoken of as such in the early chronicles long before his date , while the county of London , on the other hand , which is essentially a shire , only came into being in ...
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... England which forms the main interest of its story . Most probably , on the reorganisation of the Mercian shires after their reconquest from the Danes , the whole of the district formed part of Northampton- shire , and it was the giving ...
... England which forms the main interest of its story . Most probably , on the reorganisation of the Mercian shires after their reconquest from the Danes , the whole of the district formed part of Northampton- shire , and it was the giving ...
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... England , among the lowlands which slope downward to the fen country , lies the little agricultural county of Rutland — a pigmy among the giants - for it is encircled by shires whose areas run to five , six , and even eighteen times its ...
... England , among the lowlands which slope downward to the fen country , lies the little agricultural county of Rutland — a pigmy among the giants - for it is encircled by shires whose areas run to five , six , and even eighteen times its ...
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... England . There is no river of any importance in Rutland , but the Welland , Gwash or Wash , and the Chater , each running through richly - cultivated and densely - wooded districts , afford some delightful miniature river scenery . The ...
... England . There is no river of any importance in Rutland , but the Welland , Gwash or Wash , and the Chater , each running through richly - cultivated and densely - wooded districts , afford some delightful miniature river scenery . The ...
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acres agricultural aisles ancient Anglo-Saxon arch Barrowden Beaumont Chase beautiful beds Braunston bronze Brooke building Burley Burley-on-the-Hill Caldecott carved Casterton century chancel church Clipsham Cottesmore curious Decorated deposits district doorway Earl Early English east Edward Empingham England enters the county Ermine Street Exton Finch forest formed Hall Hambleton Harrington Hill horseshoe houses hundred ironstone Ketton King land Langham Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire London Lord Lyddington manor mansion Manton Market Overton Marlstone Martinsley Midland monument Morcott Noel Norman Normanton North Luffenham North Road Northampton Sand Nottingham Oakham Castle Oolite parish Park passing Perpendicular probably quarried Queen rainfall reign Ridlington river Chater river Gwash rocks Rutland Ryhall Sandstones Saxon Seaton shire small village soil south side specimen spire Stamford Stoke Dry stone Stretton style surface Teigh Thistleton Tickencote Tixover tower town Upper Lias clays Vale of Catmose valley Wardley Welland western Whissendine Wood