The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales. 4 vols. [bound in 12 pt. with suppl.].1840 |
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Page 577 - ... and the eye is often fatigued by a rude and frigid monotony of scene. But the rivers which, flow through the county are the chief sources of its beauty. These, gliding through almost every district, call forth luxuriant vegetation in a thousand smiling meadows, and regale the traveller with a continual and enchanting change of prospect, whether they stretch over fertile champaign, or break from woody insterstice.
Page 538 - In the spandrils of the great arch are figures in basso-relievo, of a man with a sword and a round shield, attacking a dragon. The east front consists of stone tracery, and flint, with a pointed arch window in the centre.
Page 572 - Rhodes was consulted as to the best mode of obviating this difficulty. He recommended the employment of a steam dredging-machine to deepen the bed, by removing the shoals, and the construction of a self-acting wasteboard on the dam, so as to give an additional height of water between Naburn and Linton Locks, as it was found that no injury could occur in the adjacent lands from the level of the river being raised 18 inches. The greater part of the shoals consisted of compact blue clay, with a mixture...
Page 522 - Scotland, on the East by the German Ocean, on the South by the English Channel, and on the West by St.
Page 640 - Under the new municipal act the borough is included in schedule A, amongst boroughs to have a commission of the peace, which has accordingly been granted, and a court of quarter-sessions reappointed.
Page 535 - The backs of some of these arcades are decorated frith a kind of reticulated work, formed by the stones being laid diagonally, so that the joints resemble the meshes of a net. To give it a greater richness of effect, each stone had two deeply chased lines crossing each other parallel with the joints, so as to exhibit a mosaic appearance.
Page 438 - Under the new municipal act the borough is governed by 4 aldermen and 12 councillors, under the usual corporate style.
Page 532 - SCHEDULE (B).— ENGLAND AND WALES. Boroughs which are not to have a Commission of the Peace, unless on Petition and Grant. — -Section I.
Page 489 - ... since the completion of this work, the extension of the eastern pier, and other improvements which have of late been made in straightening and deepening the river above the town. During the flood-tide and fine weather the harbour is easy of access, from the indraught and eddy-tide which set towards the mouth ; but from the rapidity of the stream during the ebb, it is not considered safe for a sailing vessel to enter, and the flag at the .pier-head is in consequence lowered at high water.
Page 438 - A, amongst boroughs to have a commission of the pence, and in section I. of that schedule, amongst those the parliamentary boundaries of which were to be taken till altered by parliament.