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The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire (1883)

Lefroy, William, 1836-1900 · London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday · leaf 98

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n as ould Doctor Len of Yorke, who usuallysent his patients to lye there to recover their health,yet the neighbourhood of Rhosbery Topping and thevision of distant moors give it an advantage over thetamer region where Kirkham nestles in the greenvalley of the Derwent. Sometimes, indeed, on a dayof… … GUISBOROUGH PRIORY. ground, near the church, arc stone houses with greenand dark-brown shutters and shop-fronts, contrastingwith cream-coloured neighbours ; while beyond, asthe hill slopes downward, bright red-tiled roofs comeinto view, and here and there a patch of pale-greengrass in the disused…

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