2 QUOTES WITH «WEST COUNTRY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
West Country.
In my heart and soul, I am a West Country man, and ideally, my weekends are spent there.
It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEST COUNTRY»
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West Country in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
West Country and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Pre-Gardnerian account of the Old Religion is "a real gem....The best book on witchcraft I have ever seen" (Marion Weinstein).
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West Country Village Ashworthy
W.M. Williams. hereditary occupation. Farm labourers have bought or rented
small-holdings, moved to farms and become farmers. Successful and prosperous
farmers like David Doyle and Ernest Cornish are descendants of agricultural ...
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The
West Country as a literary invention: putting fiction in ...
This book investigates these questions in the context of the relationship between place and writing, discussing Thomas Hardy's Wessex; R.D. Blackmore's Exmoor and Lorna Doone; Charles Kingsley, whose Westward Ho!, became a Devon place-name, ...
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The Suppression of the Monasteries in the
West Country
Describes the confiscation of lands, properties, buildings and treasures of the English monasteries at the hands of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell.
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Johnny Kingdom's
West Country Tales
From well-known local myths such as the infamous Beast of Exmoor to many more humorous anecdotes of Johnny's own forbears and friends, this is a charming collection of stories and legends from a local treasure.
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West Country farms: house-and-estate surveys, 1598-1764
This is followed by an abstract of the detailed information in the corresponding survey.
Nathaniel Warren Alcock, Cary Carson, 2008
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
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West Country History - Dorset
Peta Whaley. In 1643 Parliamentary troops had taken Poole, Wareham and
Weymouth, and now only needed Corfe to make the whole of that part of the
coast secure. Sir Walter Erle was the first to attack, but he was unsuccessful. He
occupied ...
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A letter to the
west country farmers: concerning the ...
concerning the difficulties and management of a bad harvest. Written in the end
of the year 1772. l . i L I . . T 3? 7 .. . fe'Hion. It is true, 'such as have large farms in
the west are seldom unprovided ; and in. the east, Where they 'have corns of all ...
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West-
Country Ballads and Verses
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Arthur Leslie Salmon, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEST COUNTRY»
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West Country is used in the context of the following news items.
Chris Gayle enjoying his cricket and beer at Somerset
Chris Gayle has wasted little time settling in at the Country's smallest cricketing County. He may have been 30 ... Credit: ITV News West Country. I did have a few ... «ITV News, Jun 15»
There is no such thing as a dead rubber in West Country derbies …
Hudson said: "You can never describe a West Country derby as a dead rubber. Both teams have opportunities after this week to achieve things in their season ... «Gloucester Citizen, May 15»
Bob's Election Blog: The West Country turns blue
The Lib Dem wipeout in one of their former strongholds means the South West is now entirely blue politically - with the one exception of Exeter, when Labour's ... «ITV News, May 15»
Easter travel disruption: West Country rail services affected
Services between parts of the West Country and London Paddington will be disrupted by engineering works from Good Friday to Easter Monday. First Great ... «ITV News, Apr 15»
Met Office: unsettled weather for Easter in the West Country
holidays got off to a gloomy start as gales and downpours lashed parts of the north and west of the country. Gale force winds of up to 71mph struck Scotland, ... «Bath Chronicle, Mar 15»
FirstGroup's £68m West Country deal on track until 2019
Now First has promised to add an extra 4,000 seats per day by December 2018 to peak morning services on the Great Western route from Paddington to Oxford, ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
Islamist hackers break into Bristol bus website in plot to take down …
Local paper the Western Daily Press said that the group were believed to have ... website promoting travel around the Western World — not the West Country”. «The Independent, Jan 15»
Cider shortage predicted after West Country floods
Britain is facing a cider shortage after the devastating floods could have wiped out thousands of apple trees in the West Country, experts have warned. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
George Michael quit cannabis after waking from coma with West …
The Faith hitmaker has previously spoken about his shock at waking up with a West Country accent, but insisted there was 'nothing wrong' with the dialect. «Daily Mail, Mar 14»
£2m flood package as West Country declares it's open for tourists
While the water is receding and the storms have abated, tourism dependent areas such as Somerset and the West Country are facing an uphill struggle to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»