The family topographer: the antient and present state of the counties of England, Volume 61837 |
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Page 39 - Saxon hands : 0 ye Northumbrian shades, which overlook The rocky pavement and the mossy falls Of solitary Wensbeck's limpid stream; How gladly I recall your well-known seats Beloved of old, and that delightful time When all alone, for many a summer's day, 1 wandered through your calm recesses, led In silence by some powerful hand unseen.
Page 41 - Why dost thou, tyrant, boast thyself, Thy wicked works to praise ; when his Majesty stood up and called for the 56th Psalm, beginning, Have mercy, Lord, on me I pray, For man would me devour, which the congregation, with good feeling, immediately sang.
Page 99 - As 1 have earned the fortunes which I now possess with industry and honesty, I trust and hope that the Legislature will not in any manner alter my will, or the limitations created, but permit my property to go on in the manner in which I hereby dispose of it.
Page 39 - Lancashire meet in a point. List of Works consulted. 1 . The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. By Joseph Nicolson, esq. and Richard Burn, LL.D.— 2 vols.
Page 22 - Pembroke, &c. for a memorial of her last parting, in this place, with her good and pious mother, Margaret, Countess Dowager of Cumberland, on the 2d of April, 1616; in memory whereof she hath left an annuity of 41.
Page 43 - Portfolio of Fragments relative to the history and antiquities of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster.
Page 109 - ... account of the borough of Pontefract By Richard John Tetlow.— 8vo, 1769. 20. The history of the antient borough of Pontefract. By B. Boothroyd. — 8vo, 1807. 21. The history of Pontefract in Yorkshire. By George Fox. — 8vo, 1827. 22. The history and antiquities of Doncaster. By Edward Miller, Mus.
Page 29 - Durham, the earth raised itself up to a great height in the manner of a lofty tower, and remained all that day till the evening, (as it were fixed and immoveable,) when it sunk down with such a horrid noise, that it terrified all the vicinity; when the earth absorbed it, and there formed a deep pit...
Page 30 - My Lord Bishop, I here present you with the falchion wherewith the champion Conyers slew the worm, dragon, or fiery flying serpent, which destroyed man, woman, and child...
Page 30 - The Bishop takes the faulchion into his hand, and, wishing the lord of Sockburn health, and a long enjoyment of the manor, returns it. There is another manor in the county held by a similar tenure. At SOUTH SHIELDS the original Life-boat was built by subscription, in consequence of the melancholy loss of the crew of the Adventure, of Newcastle, in September 1789. It was made by Mr. Henry Greathead, and was first used January 30, 1790. Near STOCKTON died in June 1763, Rachel Weatherby, aged 110. AtSuNDERLAND...