Pleasant Days in Pleasant PlacesHardwicke & Bogue, 1878 - 293 páginas |
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... For much of the following curious information respecting Burnham , we are indebted to a pamphlet privately printed by Mrs. Grote in the year 1858 . The hamlet , or rather liberty , of East Burnham DORNEY AND BURNHAM . 7.
... For much of the following curious information respecting Burnham , we are indebted to a pamphlet privately printed by Mrs. Grote in the year 1858 . The hamlet , or rather liberty , of East Burnham DORNEY AND BURNHAM . 7.
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... curious local customs , we may mention that the Passing Bell is regularly rung ; not , however , when a soul is passing , but usually twelve hours after death has taken place ; and at the end three time three knells are sounded for a ...
... curious local customs , we may mention that the Passing Bell is regularly rung ; not , however , when a soul is passing , but usually twelve hours after death has taken place ; and at the end three time three knells are sounded for a ...
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... curious jug of earthenware , which is kept by the landlord of the ' Eight Bells ' Inn , and is brought out on occasion of local weddings among the upper classes . At every Christmas , too , it is filled with strong liquor by mine host ...
... curious jug of earthenware , which is kept by the landlord of the ' Eight Bells ' Inn , and is brought out on occasion of local weddings among the upper classes . At every Christmas , too , it is filled with strong liquor by mine host ...
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... curious epitaphs , unless it be the following , which has been often printed , in memory of John Turner : - My sledge and hammer lie declined , My bellows have quite lost their wind , My fire's extinct , my forge decayed , My vice is in ...
... curious epitaphs , unless it be the following , which has been often printed , in memory of John Turner : - My sledge and hammer lie declined , My bellows have quite lost their wind , My fire's extinct , my forge decayed , My vice is in ...
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... is now used as the rector's library , is a curious painting on the plaster , inserted in the panelling over the fire- place . This painting was executed by one Benjamin Coleman , a Hadleigh artist , in the year 1629 HADLEIGH . 41.
... is now used as the rector's library , is a curious painting on the plaster , inserted in the panelling over the fire- place . This painting was executed by one Benjamin Coleman , a Hadleigh artist , in the year 1629 HADLEIGH . 41.
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