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 47
eeding light; if the nature, it burns in water, and is quenched with oil; if thevirtue, it has an attractive power when heated with rubbing. The family of Lord Normanby derives from Sir William Phipps, who received thehonour of knighthood from King James the Second. He was a… … WOBURN ABBEY, NEAR WOBURN, BEDFORDSHIRE.—DUKE OF BEDFORD. Here was in early times a monastery of the Cistercian order, founded in the year1146 by Hugh de Boledac, a powerful baron, incited to the work, it is recorded, by theAbbot of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire. These Abbey lands were given by King…
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