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George Phillips. ILLUSTRATIONS Portion of Domesday Book relating to Rutland The Vale of Catmose The Welland Valley , from Rockingham Castle Hill , Uppingham . The Welland at Barrowden The Gwash at Ryhall View from Wardley Burley Ponds ...
George Phillips. ILLUSTRATIONS Portion of Domesday Book relating to Rutland The Vale of Catmose The Welland Valley , from Rockingham Castle Hill , Uppingham . The Welland at Barrowden The Gwash at Ryhall View from Wardley Burley Ponds ...
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... Vale of Catmose , which , running from Ranksborough Hill on the western boundary to the centre of the county , includes within its limits the county town of Oakham . On the north - eastern side of the Vale , the elevated ground ...
... Vale of Catmose , which , running from Ranksborough Hill on the western boundary to the centre of the county , includes within its limits the county town of Oakham . On the north - eastern side of the Vale , the elevated ground ...
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... Vale of Catmose rather contemptuously described as consisting of “ but one meane strete and but a very meane church . " Rutland is essentially an agricultural county . No belching smoke - stacks poison the air , and we need not walk far ...
... Vale of Catmose rather contemptuously described as consisting of “ but one meane strete and but a very meane church . " Rutland is essentially an agricultural county . No belching smoke - stacks poison the air , and we need not walk far ...
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... valley of the Welland and the Vale of Catmose . The harder beds stand out promi- nently as hills , plateaus , and escarpments , or are seen as shelf - like terraces on the sides of the valleys . These latter features are especially ...
... valley of the Welland and the Vale of Catmose . The harder beds stand out promi- nently as hills , plateaus , and escarpments , or are seen as shelf - like terraces on the sides of the valleys . These latter features are especially ...
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George Phillips. acres , and some authors have asserted that the whole of the Vale of Catmose was once an extensive tract of wood- land . The word Catmose , in fact , is thought by some to be probably derived from Coet - Maes , the ...
George Phillips. acres , and some authors have asserted that the whole of the Vale of Catmose was once an extensive tract of wood- land . The word Catmose , in fact , is thought by some to be probably derived from Coet - Maes , 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