More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, Alfred Henry, comp · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, London, The Pall Mall magazine · leaf 188
enty-one guns, a duke or archbishopnineteen, a bishop or earl fifteen, while a foreign nobleman iscredited with fifteen, and an esquire with eleven. Fifteen gunsregularly commemorated the anniversary of the Popish Con-spiracy, and forty-two that of the Kings accession. The entriesfor one year… … 157 158 flDount i£&GCumbe Some thirty years ago a casemated fort was built here, andthe private battery was mounted on its terraced roof, the oldblockhouse thereby losing sight of the sea for ever. No morecharming spot on which to spend an hour on a summers eveningcould be found. On the right…
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