The Beauties of England And Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, And Descriptive, of Each County 1
The Beauties of England And Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, And Descriptive, of Each County 1
Bigland, John, 1750-1832
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E'en the wild heath displays her purple dyes. And 'midst the desert fruitful (folds arise, That, crown'd with tufl^d trees, and springing eorn, fike Verdant isles, the sable waste adorn. Hurst, between Oakingbam and Birafeld, is a very extensive parish, containing four liberties, which comprise the greatest part of the s(ip of Wiltshire before mentioned. The land is mostly di* vided into small farms, rented from fifteen to twenty shillings an acre. The inhabitants are competed at upwards of 140...0. In this, parish is an alms-house, founded in the year 16*2 by William Bar* ker, Esq. for eight single persons, who receive sixpence a day, and a gown once in two years. War grave is a small village, situated on the banks of the Thames, which combining with the beautiful range of bills leading towards Park Place, furnishes a number of pleasing views. Thi« f m early times, was a market-town, and, prior to the Conquest, was given by Queen Emma to the Bishop of Winchester. It continuec) in that See till the reign of Edward the Sixth, when Doctor Poy- nett presented it to the King, who gave it to Henry Neville.
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