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 17
, standingup as it does from the level plain to which it is such a great and striking orna-ment, as if from the neighbouring ocean itself, a well-known landmark as it at thesame time is to those that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their businessin great waters. Nothing but good taste could… … COMPTON VERNEY, NEAR KINETON, WARWICKSHIRE. LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE. Compton Murdale being the original name of this place, the derivation of itis thus given by Dugdale in his History of Warwickshire:—This taking itsname, as all other Comptons do, from the situation in or near some deep…
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