THE ITINERARY OF JOHN LELAND THE ANTIQUARY.printed at the Theatre; for James Fletcher, and Joseph Pote, at Eton, 1744 - Great Britain |
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Page 105 - Westhyve to the place wher the substans of the towne ys now ys ii. good myles yn lenght, al along on the shore to the which the se cam ful sumtyme, but now by bankinge of woose and great casting up of shyngel the se ys sumtyme a quarter, sumtyme dim.
Page 88 - North est almost half a myle of the sayde priory is a lytle village apon a hille, and a paroche chirche of S. Stephen yn yt. The opinion is that the chanons first dwelled on this hille, and cam thens downe to a better and a warmer site. In the Priory chirche yarde standeth also a paroche chyrche. The wall of Duneuet ys hy, larg and strong, and defensably set. By the north side of the priory runneth a litle ryver.
Page 103 - The cumpase of the grownd withyn is not much above an acre, and yt is very holo by casting up the yerth. They cawle the place there Lytleborough . Withyn the castel is a ly tle paroche chirch of St.
Page 85 - Falemuth ys a havyn very notable and famose, and yn a maner the most principale of al Britayne ; for the chanel of the entre hath be space of ii. myles ynto the land xiiii. fadum of depes...
Page 46 - I have specify'd : and upon these days of rejoycing withal they us'd to have twelve minstrels, viz. six from Coventry and six from Maidenhead, for which and for other uses of the fraternity William Dyar, Vicar of Bray in Berks, gave them five tenements in East St.
Page 82 - Wardes clene fawllen downe; but the Stone of them remayne ther very fayre and well quadrated." The Ruine of the Fortelet yn the Poynt ys at thys day a Hold irrecuperable for the Fox. Ther lyith betwyxt the South-West and Newlyn a Myle or more of the Se S. Buryens, a Sanctuary, wherby, as St.
Page 28 - In diggying to make new building yn the towne often tymes hath bene, and now a late, fownd diverse fundations of the old cite, as pavimentes of streates, old arches of dores, coyne, stones squared, paynted pottes, mony hid yn pottes so hold and muldid that when yt was...
Page 88 - Part of the castel stonding north west ys parcel of the walle of the town. Ther be withyn this town iii. gates and a postern ; also a gate to go owt of the castel ynto the old parke. Sum gentelmen of Cornewal hold ther landes by...
Page 92 - Radegundis standeth on the toppe of a hille, iii litle myles by west and sumwhat by south from Dovar.
Page 80 - Tamar, to Padstow the contery by the north se ys rather hylle then montaynenius, and ys very fertyle of gras and corne. And the clives of the sayd northe se betwne the places aforesayd hath good fyne blew slates, apte for howse kyveryng, and also hath diverse vaynes of leade and other metalles not yet knowen.