Historical and Statistical Account of Dunfermline, Volume 2W. Blackwood and sons, 1859 - Dunfermline (Scotland) |
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... feet long by fifteen feet broad , and reaching within six feet of the ground under the street , but without either transepts or apse ( like St Martin's Church near Canterbury , reputed the smallest and oldest in England ) . It has the ...
... feet long by fifteen feet broad , and reaching within six feet of the ground under the street , but without either transepts or apse ( like St Martin's Church near Canterbury , reputed the smallest and oldest in England ) . It has the ...
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... feet of Abbey Wall remaining Cemetery Monks Friars Garden Margaret Street opened 949 Supposed Sites of Chapter House , Scriptorium & Library and Mills 50 Scale inch to 100 feet 100 200 300 50 feet of Abbey Wall remauung Street CAS ז ...
... feet of Abbey Wall remaining Cemetery Monks Friars Garden Margaret Street opened 949 Supposed Sites of Chapter House , Scriptorium & Library and Mills 50 Scale inch to 100 feet 100 200 300 50 feet of Abbey Wall remauung Street CAS ז ...
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Peter Chalmers. CAS ז !!! INJOJPY TANI LINIS GAN the . D. 1 MLIN the ་ ་ 13. i ! our 1. 1. in on the c " t ,, ་ , Frater Hall t West Port 77 Priory Lane 50 feet.
Peter Chalmers. CAS ז !!! INJOJPY TANI LINIS GAN the . D. 1 MLIN the ་ ་ 13. i ! our 1. 1. in on the c " t ,, ་ , Frater Hall t West Port 77 Priory Lane 50 feet.
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... feet Street of Abbey Wall remaining Old Church Yard SCatherine's Lodge k ucen Anne's Yard or Garden Abbey Close ... feet 50 100 200 300 St Catherine's Yard 오모 9 9 9 9 9 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 99999999 SLaurence or South Port 430 feet ...
... feet Street of Abbey Wall remaining Old Church Yard SCatherine's Lodge k ucen Anne's Yard or Garden Abbey Close ... feet 50 100 200 300 St Catherine's Yard 오모 9 9 9 9 9 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 99999999 SLaurence or South Port 430 feet ...
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... feet high , square and flat on the top . They were not hewn , but merely boulders of a bluish colour , gathered from the land , and no doubt selected for the purpose . The uniform tradition is , that they were used at funerals , as a ...
... feet high , square and flat on the top . They were not hewn , but merely boulders of a bluish colour , gathered from the land , and no doubt selected for the purpose . The uniform tradition is , that they were used at funerals , as a ...
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Page 64 - the poor people, who in rags begged at the churches, receive for alms pieces of stone, with which they •went away contented. This species of stone (says he), whether with sulphur, or whatever inflammable substance it may be impregnated, they burn in place of wood, of which their country is destitute.