The Life and Times of Ralph Allen of Prior Park, Bath, Introduced by a Short Account of Lyncombe and Widcombe, with Notices of His Contemporaries, Including Bishop Warburton, Bennet of Widcombe House, Beau Nash, Etc |
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... Period The Saxon Period The Norman Period The Norman and Pre - Reformation Period The Reformation Period LIFE AND TIMES OF RALPH ALLEN . Combe Down . Bathampton and Batheaston Allen's General Characteristics Low - Born " and " Humble ...
... Period The Saxon Period The Norman Period The Norman and Pre - Reformation Period The Reformation Period LIFE AND TIMES OF RALPH ALLEN . Combe Down . Bathampton and Batheaston Allen's General Characteristics Low - Born " and " Humble ...
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... Period The Mansion , Prior Park The Palladian Bridge , Prior Park Pope's Walk Monument erected to the Memory of Ralph Allen by Bishop Warburton . The Terrace , Claverton Manor Caricature " The One - Headed Corporation " Do. Sequel to ...
... Period The Mansion , Prior Park The Palladian Bridge , Prior Park Pope's Walk Monument erected to the Memory of Ralph Allen by Bishop Warburton . The Terrace , Claverton Manor Caricature " The One - Headed Corporation " Do. Sequel to ...
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... Period The Mansion , Prior Park The Palladian Bridge , Prior Park 226 242 243 PAGE Frontispiece vii xvi 3 69 • 71 77 84 96 97 105 109 112 115 · 143 • 152 181 · 183 188 206 212 • 247 Pope's Walk Monument erected to the Memory of Ralph ...
... Period The Mansion , Prior Park The Palladian Bridge , Prior Park 226 242 243 PAGE Frontispiece vii xvi 3 69 • 71 77 84 96 97 105 109 112 115 · 143 • 152 181 · 183 188 206 212 • 247 Pope's Walk Monument erected to the Memory of Ralph ...
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... period , but in later times subdivided into the parishes of Lyncombe and Widcombe - we have endeavoured to supply merely such information as the general reader would care to possess without much trouble or research ; and limited as that ...
... period , but in later times subdivided into the parishes of Lyncombe and Widcombe - we have endeavoured to supply merely such information as the general reader would care to possess without much trouble or research ; and limited as that ...
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... King , Colonel Allen's courteous and accomplished solicitor , for facilitating the examination of these archives . Gateway Carriage Drive INTRODUCTION . THE ROMAN PERIOD . T may be well. xvi Preface . Gateway and Carriage Drive, Prior Park.
... King , Colonel Allen's courteous and accomplished solicitor , for facilitating the examination of these archives . Gateway Carriage Drive INTRODUCTION . THE ROMAN PERIOD . T may be well. xvi Preface . Gateway and Carriage Drive, Prior Park.
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