Mogg's Great Western Railway and Windsor, Bath, and Bristol Guide
Mogg's Great Western Railway and Windsor, Bath, and Bristol Guide

Author: E. Mogg

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-25

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780331950076

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Excerpt from Mogg's Great Western Railway and Windsor, Bath, and Bristol Guide: Accompanied by a Large Official Map of the Line, an Account of the Bristol and Exter Railway, and Notice of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, to Which Is Added, an Accurate List of Kackney Coach and Cab Fares, From the Paddington Station To Tm: annexed list of Hackney Coach Fares, constructed from measurements expressly made by the pmprietor for this work, will, if con sulted, protect from future depredation all who resort to the Paddington Station; while the officials of that establishment will experience relief from the confusion heretofore created by the inordinate demands of ignorant or dishonest drivers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Mogg's Great Western Railway and Windsor, Bath, and Bristol Guide
Mogg's Great Western Railway and Windsor, Bath, and Bristol Guide

Author: Edward Mogg

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781230148229

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ...a rich and extensive view over parts of Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire, in addition to the whole of the beautiful and interesting vale beneath. "But the muse of Mr. Pye, who on this spot strung her lyre with melody, has snatched the fruitful subject from the attempts of prose, and by interweaving the beauties it owes to nature, with the embellishments it receives from art, and the interest it derives from history, has precluded description from all but those who have been permitted to partake of the Heliconian stream." Near Farringdon is a camp of a circular form, 200 yards in diameter, with a ditch 20 yards wide. About 80 years ago, in levelling the north rampart, human bones and coals were found, and similar relics are frequently discovered in digging for peat, in the swampy ground about I mile south of the hill. This camp is supposed to be of Danish origin, and the neighbouring flat the theatre of battle on which Alfred won his 12th victory. Farringdon House is the seat of W. Bennet, Esq. This is an elegant edifice, standing in a small park, on the north side of the town, the view of which is judiciously excluded by lofty elms and plantations. The grounds are agreeable from their inequality of surface, and sufficiently covered with wood. During the civil wars, the ancient mansion was garrisoned for Charles I., and was one of the last places that surrendered, its defenders having repulsed a large party of the parliament forces but a short time before the reduction of Oxford. This attack was attended with a singular circumstance;--Sir Robert Pye, the owner of the house, who married Anne, the eldest daughter of Hampden, and was colonel in the parliament army, being himself the person who headed the assailants. It...