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... by that name was not a shire at the Domesday Survey . Probably the name , as well as the district , is far older . than the division of Mercia into shires by Edward the • In quoq ; ROTELAND . ALTHODESYOU Wapent fum ... 2 RUTLAND.
... by that name was not a shire at the Domesday Survey . Probably the name , as well as the district , is far older . than the division of Mercia into shires by Edward the • In quoq ; ROTELAND . ALTHODESYOU Wapent fum ... 2 RUTLAND.
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... district ) , Westmorland , and Cumberland , representing the old native division of the soil prior to the Danish Conquest . Not one of these was a shire at the time of Domesday ; but West- morland , Cumberland , and Rutland became so ...
... district ) , Westmorland , and Cumberland , representing the old native division of the soil prior to the Danish Conquest . Not one of these was a shire at the time of Domesday ; but West- morland , Cumberland , and Rutland became so ...
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... district formed part of Northampton- shire , and it was the giving of Rutland to successive queens , as a dower , that caused it ultimately to be formed . into a separate county . Edward the Confessor followed the example of his father ...
... district formed part of Northampton- shire , and it was the giving of Rutland to successive queens , as a dower , that caused it ultimately to be formed . into a separate county . Edward the Confessor followed the example of his father ...
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... district termed Roteland , before the additions were made which come within the present shire boundary . There is ample evidence therefore , that this colour would be a pre- dominating feature of the landscape . 2 . General ...
... district termed Roteland , before the additions were made which come within the present shire boundary . There is ample evidence therefore , that this colour would be a pre- dominating feature of the landscape . 2 . General ...
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... districts , afford some delightful miniature river scenery . The wide and extensive views to be obtained from Manton , Brooke , Barnsdale , Market Overton , Wardley , Preston , Whissendine , Ranksborough , Stoke Dry , and other points ...
... districts , afford some delightful miniature river scenery . The wide and extensive views to be obtained from Manton , Brooke , Barnsdale , Market Overton , Wardley , Preston , Whissendine , Ranksborough , Stoke Dry , and other points ...
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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