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... land , fenced from the sea by a wall . One well - known tradition ascribes their present state to the building of the Tenterden steeple , for the erection of which the funds that should have maintained the sea - wall had been diverted ...
... land , fenced from the sea by a wall . One well - known tradition ascribes their present state to the building of the Tenterden steeple , for the erection of which the funds that should have maintained the sea - wall had been diverted ...
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... land . No proof has been found of any connection between the Gordons of France and the Gordons of Scotland . There is little or no doubt now that the Scottish Gordons took their name from the lands of Gordon in Berwickshire . Their ...
... land . No proof has been found of any connection between the Gordons of France and the Gordons of Scotland . There is little or no doubt now that the Scottish Gordons took their name from the lands of Gordon in Berwickshire . Their ...
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... land , her husband was entitled to hold the lands , but only while he remained a widower . By the courtesy of England , on the other hand , the widower held the lands for his life , Lands held by Knights ' Service ( q . v . ) and Grand ...
... land , her husband was entitled to hold the lands , but only while he remained a widower . By the courtesy of England , on the other hand , the widower held the lands for his life , Lands held by Knights ' Service ( q . v . ) and Grand ...
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... land , with the exception just stated , are confined to the immense trough between the Silurian measures on the south and the Old Red Sandstone on the north , which is completely occupied by them , except where the Old Red Sandstone ...
... land , with the exception just stated , are confined to the immense trough between the Silurian measures on the south and the Old Red Sandstone on the north , which is completely occupied by them , except where the Old Red Sandstone ...
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... land , and is frequently broken through by igneous rocks , chiefly trappean , which project into bold and picturesque hills . England and Wales , in the Cambrian and Silurian districts , have the same mountainous character as similar ...
... land , and is frequently broken through by igneous rocks , chiefly trappean , which project into bold and picturesque hills . England and Wales , in the Cambrian and Silurian districts , have the same mountainous character as similar ...
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