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Excerpt from Saxon CroydonOf the history of this particular neighbourhood during that long period known as the anglo-saxon age but a few scattered vestiges are left.It would seem that as an estate or parish, enclosed within certain anciently defined boundaries, Croydon owes its existence to anglo-saxon times. We will not here dilate upon the origin of parishes and Shires, those artificial divisions of the land into which England is divided, it...

Excerpt from Saxon CroydonOf the history of this particular neighbourhood during that long period known as the anglo-saxon age but a few scattered vestiges are left.It would seem that as an estate or parish, enclosed within certain anciently defined boundaries, Croydon owes its existence to anglo-saxon times. We will not here dilate upon the origin of parishes and Shires, those artificial divisions of the land into which England is divided, it...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from It's Early History and Antiquities: Comprising a Description of the Important British and Roman Remains in That County, Its Saxon and Danish Reminiscences, The Domesday Survey of Shropshire, And the History of Its Forests, Towns, Manors, Abbeys, Church, and Great Baronial HousesWith respect to the order in which the various places are entered on these Tables, as a general rule, the estates which the Norman Earl himself retained ar...

Antiquities of Croyden Church - destroyed by fire, January 5th, 1867 - with numerous woodcuts, drawn from its fine monuments previously to their destruction is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1867.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of hist...

Old Testament and Monumental Coincidences is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks...

Excerpt from Old Testament and Monumental CoincidencesAssyrian story of the Creation, 147-148. Assyrian account of the Fall of Man, 148. Chaldean account of the Deluge, 148-150. Tower of Babel, 150.-moabite Stone, 150-152. - Inscription of Siloam, 152-155. - Plain of Dura, 155. - Legend relating to Joshua, 156. Ancient Jewish Shekels, 156-157.-arch of Titus, 157. - Circumcision, 157-158. - Feast of Passover, 158-160. - Alteration from Jewish t...

A Short Chronicle Concerning the Parish of Croydon in the County of Surrey is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1882.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available t...

Excerpt from To India and Back by the CapeThe absence of any popular Guide-book for Travellers to India, round the Cape, has often been a matter of surprise and regret. With the exception of "Daniell's Picturesque Voyage by way of China, " published half a century ago, I am not aware of any work which specially describes that route. The "Long Voyage to India, " though attended with but little excitement, and hence supposed to be intensely mono...

Excerpt from The Great North Wood: With a Geological, Topographical and Historical Description of Upper, West and South Norwood, in the County of SurreyIn Rocque's Map of the Country near ten miles round London, published in the year 1745, the North Wood appears to extend for more than three miles across its widest part, from north-east to south-west, from the lower part of White Horse Wood to Dulwich Wells by the Green Man. To say nothing of ...

Excerpt from The Great North Wood: With a Geological, Topographical and Historical Description of Upper, West and South Norwood, in the County of SurreyIn Rocque's Map of the Country near ten miles round London, published in the year 1745, the North Wood appears to extend for more than three miles across its widest part, from north-east to south-west, from the lower part of White Horse Wood to Dulwich Wells by the Green Man. To say nothing of ...

Excerpt from The Archiepiscopal Palace at CroydonThe accompanying map of the site of Croydon Palace and Church has been prepared in order to show how these were formerly surrounded by water. The dotted lines indicate the roads in the vicinity as they coursed in the year 1801, doubtless some of these are very ancient paths.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenboo...

Excerpt from The Archiepiscopal Palace at CroydonThe accompanying map of the site of Croydon Palace and Church has been prepared in order to show how these were formerly surrounded by water. The dotted lines indicate the roads in the vicinity as they coursed in the year 1801, doubtless some of these are very ancient paths.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenboo...

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bTitle:/b Shropshire: its early history and antiquities. Comprising a description of the important British and Roman remains in that county: its Saxon and Danish reminiscences: the Domesday Survey of Shropshire ... Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries ho...

bTitle:/b A Short Chronicle concerning the Parish of Croydon ... Surrey.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include aroun...

bTitle:/b Croydon: Pre-historic & Roman. (Saxon Croydon.-Croydon Old Church: Parish Register, and the Whitgift Charity.-The Archiepiscopal Palace at Croydon.).br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound...

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