The history of the ancient town and borough of Uxbridge, by G. Redford and T.H. RichesWilliam Lake, 1818 |
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... DOCUMENTS , AND A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF ALL CHARITABLE DONATIONS , LEFT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR ; WITH PLATES , BODL AND AN APPENDIX , & e By GEORGE REDFÖRD , A. M. and THOMAS HURRY RICHES . UXBRIDGE : PRINTED AND SOLD BY WILLIAM ...
... DOCUMENTS , AND A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF ALL CHARITABLE DONATIONS , LEFT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR ; WITH PLATES , BODL AND AN APPENDIX , & e By GEORGE REDFÖRD , A. M. and THOMAS HURRY RICHES . UXBRIDGE : PRINTED AND SOLD BY WILLIAM ...
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... , and had the means of verifying ; and to add whatever further in- formation could be furnished from local knowledge , or original documents . The antiquary may find but little that is either wholly List of Subscribers Preface, ix-xi.
... , and had the means of verifying ; and to add whatever further in- formation could be furnished from local knowledge , or original documents . The antiquary may find but little that is either wholly List of Subscribers Preface, ix-xi.
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... documents that appeared of importance to the interests of the town of Uxbridge ; and more especially to circulate complete information upon all the public charities and donations . Though , upon this subject , they have been at no ...
... documents that appeared of importance to the interests of the town of Uxbridge ; and more especially to circulate complete information upon all the public charities and donations . Though , upon this subject , they have been at no ...
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... documents belonging to the town , several interesting facts , which had never been made public . The authors feel it due here respectfully to acknowledge the assistance they have derived from several individuals , who have liberally ...
... documents belonging to the town , several interesting facts , which had never been made public . The authors feel it due here respectfully to acknowledge the assistance they have derived from several individuals , who have liberally ...
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... documents still remaining . It is expressly mentioned in a curious deed , by one Brien Fitz - Count , under the name Oxebruge , which must be dated soon after 1139 * . • It is well known that Boroughs are the most ancient towns in ...
... documents still remaining . It is expressly mentioned in a curious deed , by one Brien Fitz - Count , under the name Oxebruge , which must be dated soon after 1139 * . • It is well known that Boroughs are the most ancient towns in ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acres Aged ancient annum Bishop Bishop of Worcester borough of Uxbridge bridge Brien Fitzcount Burgage burgesses Burrough called Chapel Chapel-wardens Christ Church Commissioners Countess county of Middlesex court court leet Cowley Derby died Ditto Ditto Ditto Earl of Uxbridge Edmund Baker Edward erected fairs George Goldar Grand Junction Canal grant Harefield hath heir held Henry Hillingdon Honor Hull hundred inhabitants James John Mercer king King's Lady land Lecturer London Lord lyeth Lynch Green manor and borough manor of Colham Market-house Mathew Baker ment Middlesex neighbourhood Norton occupation paid parish of Hillingdon Parliament pence persons poor possession pounds present reign rent repair Richard river Coln road Robert Saint Margaret Scott Norton shillings Society Street tenements Thomas tion toll town of Uxbridge Townsend's Treaty trustees unto Uxbridge aforesaid Vestry Vicar of Hillingdon Wardens West Drayton wife William Woxbridge Woxebrigge yearly
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Página 79 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours ; nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright.
Página 111 - Those remoter counties, they pretended, from the cheapness of labour, would be able to sell their grass and corn cheaper in the London market than themselves, and would thereby reduce their rents, and ruin their cultivation. Their rents, however, have risen, and their cultivation has been improved since that time.
Página 111 - ... of the town. They are upon that account the greatest of all improvements. They encourage the cultivation of the remote, which must always be the most extensive circle of the country. They are advantageous to the town, by breaking down the monopoly of the country in its neighbourhood. They are advantageous even to that part of the country. Though they introduce some rival commodities into the old market, they open many new markets to its produce.
Página 170 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them.
Página 78 - Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er, Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted.
Página 78 - Stand, never overlook'd our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear; Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Página 110 - Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expense of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level with those in the neighbourhood of the town. They are upon that account the greatest of all improvements.
Página 79 - So strong the zeal to immortalize himself Beats in the breast of man, that e'en a few, Few transient years, won from the abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command.
Página 58 - ... who should be thought necessary to be present, which went round. There were many other Rooms on either side of this great Room, for the Commissioners on either side to retire to, when they thought fit to consult by themselves, and to return again to the publick Debate; and there being good Staires at either end of the House, they never went through each other's Quarters; nor met, but in the great Room.
Página 79 - Here the gray, smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine, Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There, lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shortened to its topmost boughs. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...