A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. With descriptive and historical letterpress (1880)
Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893, Fawcett, Benjamin, Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis) · London, Edinburgh, Dublin, William Mackenzie · leaf 207
reland, which, when I knew it many years ago, fromthe extent of prospect, the grand surrounding objects, the noble situation, thediversity of surface, and command of water, I thought might be rendered by a manof taste the finest scene in the British dominions. The family of Lord Lonsdale descends… … C3 UGBROOKE, NEAR CHUDLE1GH, DEVONSHIRE.—LORD CLIFFORD. The name of this seat, Ugbrooke, or Wogbrooke, is derived from that of the riverby which it stands, the word wog in the Saxon language meaning, according toChappie, winding, crooked, or bending. The house, which stands on the side of an…
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