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... centuries the barony of Oakham with the county or shrievalty of Rutland remained to the Crown as a valuable possession with which to endow members of the Royal house or to secure or reward the services of its supporters . The origin of ...
... centuries the barony of Oakham with the county or shrievalty of Rutland remained to the Crown as a valuable possession with which to endow members of the Royal house or to secure or reward the services of its supporters . The origin of ...
Page 38
... century ago , have disappeared . The peregrine and merlin are regular winter visitors , and the sparrow - hawk and kestrel , notwithstanding the efforts of gamekeepers to exterminate them , are still plentiful . The barn owl , too , is ...
... century ago , have disappeared . The peregrine and merlin are regular winter visitors , and the sparrow - hawk and kestrel , notwithstanding the efforts of gamekeepers to exterminate them , are still plentiful . The barn owl , too , is ...
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... century ago , Oakham had " a considerable wool The reeling of wool found occupation for numerous persons . The skilled workmen brought by Edward III into England from Flanders so materially improved the manufacture of cloth from the ...
... century ago , Oakham had " a considerable wool The reeling of wool found occupation for numerous persons . The skilled workmen brought by Edward III into England from Flanders so materially improved the manufacture of cloth from the ...
Page 68
... centuries was almost stationary , and there has been a distinct decline during the last fifty years . In The early history of our county can scarcely be separated from that of the surrounding districts . British times it was part of a ...
... centuries was almost stationary , and there has been a distinct decline during the last fifty years . In The early history of our county can scarcely be separated from that of the surrounding districts . British times it was part of a ...
Page 70
... more propitious ; while the Harringtons , who had flourished in the county for six centuries , came to a sudden end soon after acquiring the lordship of Oakham . The short and baleful splendour of the two Villiers , 70 RUTLAND.
... more propitious ; while the Harringtons , who had flourished in the county for six centuries , came to a sudden end soon after acquiring the lordship of Oakham . The short and baleful splendour of the two Villiers , 70 RUTLAND.
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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