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" In A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, published in 1833, Samuel Lewis similarly wrote: " On the sea-shore, near the village, is a circular encampment, designated Castell Cadwgan, and supposed to have been constructed by Cadwgan ab Bleddyn, about 1148.
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*" Perthshire " from A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland by Samuel Lewis, London, 1846 ( British History Online
In the 1848 edition of ' A Topographical Dictionary of England ', Samuel Lewis ( the editor ) wrote :-
The region had few inhabitants at this time, with the 1831 edition of Samuel Lewis's " Topographical Dictionary of England " claiming Crookham had 623 inhabitants and not even mentioning the ( at the time ) much smaller Fleet.
Described in Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of England ( 1848 ) as situated on " on a gentle declivity ", Ashton-under-Lyne lies on undulating ground by the Pennines, reaching a maximum elevation of about above sea level.
The spelling Aigburgh ( or, more rarely, Aighburgh ) is sometimes found in old publications and historical documents ( for example, S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England ( 1848 )), as well as in modern references to former residents and is occasionally seen as an alternative ( if incorrect ) spelling today.
The family seat of John O ' Donnell, at Tubrid mentioned by Lewis in his Topographical Dictionary of 1837, passed through a female line to the O ' Carrolls.
* A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland ( Two Volumes ), by Samuel Lewis, London, 1837 ( see entry on Ardfert in Volume I, pages 47 – 50 )
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A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, published 1811, recorded that in 1801 the population of Wick was 259.
By 1833 the population had risen to 349 according to A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, published 1833, and in 1861 the population had reached 432 according to the 1880 Slaters Commercial Directory.
By 1801 the village had a population of 301, according to the " Topographical Dictionary of the Dominion of Wales " ( 1811 ).
In Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales ( 1833 ) it is reported that popular horse races were held on land to the north of the town every September.
The 1811 A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle said of the village:
* A Topographical Dictionary of Wales: fourth edition ( 1849 ), full text on British History Online.
In 1811, A Topographical Dictionary of the Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle included the following entry on St Athan:
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An iron-age shrine in the north of Hayling Island was later developed into a Roman temple in the first century BC and was first recorded in Richard Scott's Topographical and Historical Account of Hayling Island published in 1826.
A highly selective edition of the Naturall Historie was published by John Britton in 1847 for the Wiltshire Topographical Society.
In Lewis ' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, published in 1837, Ovens is described under the Anglican parish name of Athnowen:
Hochstetter's map of the Auckland volcanic field, originally drawn in 1859 and published in the Geological and Topographical Atlas of New Zealand ( 1864 )
In 1798 Edward Hasted wrote a description of the cathedral and its environs, published as part of his The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent.
A year later, the last map of the Dufourkarten was published, and the following year, Dufour retired and Hermann Siegfried became Chief of the Topographical Bureau.
Topographical names were held in low esteem by early place name scholars but their importance was raised in a book by Margaret Gelling, first published in 1978.
The Pergamon World Atlas ( in English, 1968 ) was originally prepared by the Polish Army Topographical Service and published as the Atlas Świata ( World Atlas ) in 1962.
In 1764 he had made so much progress in collecting and arranging his materials that he published a lengthy prospectus for the publication of an exhaustive Topographical and Historical Description of Suffolk, but unfortunately he here again received too little encouragement to warrant him in pursuing his elaborate plan.
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