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THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS OF ENGLAND

... value derived from the general progress of the country as often as they well could. Of course, there are two sides to every story, and the proprietors of Devonshire may not be so much to blame this respect they have been represented; but we were informed ...

Published: Thursday 14 February 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 3700 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS OF ENGLAND

... cattle, the back walls being built close up to the eaves; the front is in two stories, supported strong posts of timber, open from the ground to the eaves, the lower story occupied by cattle, the upper kept as a store for their provender. The cows are ...

Published: Saturday 16 February 1850
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 4885 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LITERATURE

... February number commences with a continuation of The Ladder of Gold, an English story, by Robert Bell, and the portion is illustrated by two well-executed etchings. The story is hardly sufficiently advanced to speak with confidence as to its merits; but ...

Published: Saturday 16 February 1850
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1901 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FIRE IN QUEEN STREET

... he went into the premises ; his attention was called to two large holes in the ceiling of two small rooms on the basement story, and the floor of the back part of the shop. The flooring above was charred, but the fire had not burnt through, and he could ...

Published: Saturday 16 February 1850
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 5069 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE FIRE AT No. 6, QUEEN-STREET

... fire upwards, destroying a staircase which formed the sole means of communication between the different stories. going down into the basement story, Mr. Brake, tbe superintendent of the West of England fire brigade, had his attention attracted to two holes ...

Published: Saturday 16 February 1850
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2250 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MISCELLANEA

... duspoesfitto ?? o?iidjtt'us?r in seivlct'gt the ?? ?? 'hguori?;! not' wholly ?? for'hWwawthO ffdn iii aodvesssd? ofuen estate-in short, eli' ideal of the'Rubgarianhu?ser.' ?9 ?? 5 ?? Iw&nlza, on hisporti rec?guise4me n&lowgre?bis s?6rtl.ta hal galloped past ...

Published: Thursday 21 February 1850
Newspaper: Exeter Flying Post
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1174 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

AWFUL EXPLOSION OF A STEAM BOILER. FIFTY KILLED AND FIFTY WOUNDED

... the basement story was the engine and the blacksmith's shop, where there were four pair of bellows and about twelve men at work, besides Crissey, the engineer, and his brother. The er gine was connected with the second and third stories, where the machine ...

Published: Thursday 21 February 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 900 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Rome.—Letters from Rome state that doubts were entertained of the Pope's return. Not only ft an indispensable ..

... the m mined resolution is expressed that the hours o be ten consecutive hours. Manchester, Preston, Ashton, Bury, Oldham, in short, Lancashire, is in the same state excitement tion. On Sunday last very large assemblage and managers took place the White ...

Published: Saturday 23 February 1850
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1499 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

... roads after the snow. The wine-growers are not in a better position, the price of their produce declining, notwithstanding the short crop last year. Letters from Toulon state that the fleet for the La Plata expedition is at sea The French fleet the Mediterranean ...

Published: Saturday 23 February 1850
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 3057 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY OF DEVON

... is here, perhaps, out of the question. The Ottery silk factory is a plain brick built structure of an oblong shape, five stories in height; the dwelling house is situate at one end, the windows being uniform with those of the factory - there are eighty ...

Published: Saturday 23 February 1850
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 4756 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

KING S ARMS INN, SID

... DEomsiBEt last past, all that very desirable and improvable ESTATE, called CHUDLEIGH WOODS, situate in the parish, and within a short distance of the towvn of Chudleigh; consisting of a cottage, barn, stable, sheds, 13 closes of productive meadow and pasture ...