Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 8Devonshire Press, 1876 - Devon (England) List of members in each volume. |
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... Ancient Stannary of Ashburton . R. N. Worth , F.G.S. Sketch of Ashburton and the Woollen Trade . P. F. S. Amery Coplestone Cross ; and a Charter of Eadgar , A.D. 974. R. J. King , M.A. The Dismissal of Sir Edward Seymour from the ...
... Ancient Stannary of Ashburton . R. N. Worth , F.G.S. Sketch of Ashburton and the Woollen Trade . P. F. S. Amery Coplestone Cross ; and a Charter of Eadgar , A.D. 974. R. J. King , M.A. The Dismissal of Sir Edward Seymour from the ...
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... Ancient Classics for English Readers has recently been issued by Messrs . Blackwood , each volume giving an account of Herodotus , Homer , Virgil , Tacitus , Sophocles , Horace , and the like , with a notice of their works and ...
... Ancient Classics for English Readers has recently been issued by Messrs . Blackwood , each volume giving an account of Herodotus , Homer , Virgil , Tacitus , Sophocles , Horace , and the like , with a notice of their works and ...
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... Ancient Fortifications in the neighbourhood of Bideford . " At various times Mr. Parry has shown a warm interest in the objects of the Association , frequently attending its meetings ; and he was an assiduous member of the Local ...
... Ancient Fortifications in the neighbourhood of Bideford . " At various times Mr. Parry has shown a warm interest in the objects of the Association , frequently attending its meetings ; and he was an assiduous member of the Local ...
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... ancient battles . He says that there is no evidence of their being connected with Druidism . The small hut circles , which some- times , as in the westerly portion of this parish at Teign- combe , form villages , are generally supposed ...
... ancient battles . He says that there is no evidence of their being connected with Druidism . The small hut circles , which some- times , as in the westerly portion of this parish at Teign- combe , form villages , are generally supposed ...
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... ancient dwelling where the Dunning family had a temporary abode . It is to be regretted that the old house should have been allowed to fall into its present ruinous condition , not only on account of its being the traditional birthplace ...
... ancient dwelling where the Dunning family had a temporary abode . It is to be regretted that the old house should have been allowed to fall into its present ruinous condition , not only on account of its being the traditional birthplace ...
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Abbas Abbey abbot ancient appears apud Ashburton Barnstaple Birds Bishop Bishop of Exeter bones Boniface Breccia Brit British Brixham Buckfast Buckfastleigh called Cave Cave-Earth Chagford church Clyst St Coleridge Coleridge's common Cookworthy copy Cornwall Crediton Dartmoor deposits Devon Devonshire doubt Dunning edition Edward England English Exeter Exeter Cathedral father feet flint floor Gatcombe GENUS Gifford gravel Harpley Henry Holne Hyæna Ilsington July Kent's Cavern King labours land letter Linn Linnæus London Lord Machairodus manor Mary mentioned Morris Museum Myles Coverdale observed parish Parliament passage persons plough Plymouth possession present probably Raleigh Read at Ashburton Redditus remains Richard says sheriff Sir John Sir Walter species specimen stalagmite Stannaries stone Tavistock Thomas tion Tiverton Torquay Torrington Totnes town viii villeins whilst William wool words writes Yarrell
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