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In the spring of 1795, after a long continued fall of snow, a sudden thaw raised a heavy flood in the Severn, which carried away many bridges amongst others one at Bewdley, in Worcestershire, when Telford was called upon to supply a design for a new structure.

The Speech of Alcibiades to the Athenians, printed in the Whig-Examiner, Numb. 3. The French King's Promise to the Pretender. A Short Account, and Defence of the Barrier Treaty. Remarks upon the present Negotiation of Peace, begun between Great-Britain and France. The Bewdley Cafe. He had a considerable hand in a Letter to a High-Churchman.

From this we gather that Yarranton's business continued to be that of an iron-manufacturer at his works at Ashley near Bewdley. Thus the iron-miner says, "About 28 years since Mr.

Two acres of rock and moor at Barmouth had been given by Mrs. Talbot in 1872; and in 1877 Mr. George Baker, then Mayor of Birmingham, gave twenty acres of woodland at Bewdley in Worcestershire, to which at one time Mr. Ruskin thought of moving the museum, before the present building was found for it by the Sheffield Corporation at Meersbrook Park.

Situated midway between the great ports of Liverpool and Bristol, it easily and effectually commanded Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Bridgnorth, Bewdley, Kidderminster and other populous towns, while it was too small to afford secure hiding within itself.

So don't be surprised if you receive a square envelope containing an announcement which reads something like this: Mr. and Mrs. of Bewdley, Ontario, announce the of their daughter to MR. LEONIDAS HUBBARD, JR. On his return to New York, a short time later, he was assigned a trip through the Southern States. Hence a telegram, on January 29th, to a quiet Canadian town.

The drought of the summer was unfavourable to our canal working; but it has enabled us to raise Bewdley Bridge as if by enchantment. We have thus built a magnificent bridge over the Severn in one season, which is no contemptible work for John Simpson* and your humble servant, amidst so many other great undertakings. John Simpson is a treasure a man of great talents and integrity.

For the Benefit of the Whole Kingdome.... London, 1647. Hopkins's and Stearne's accounts fit into each other and are the two best sources for ch. Has nothing to do with witches; shows the spirit of the times. A strange and true Relation of a Young Woman possest with the Devill. By name Joyce Dovey dwelling at Bewdley neer Worcester ... as it was certified in a Letter from Mr. James Dalton unto Mr.

With that disregard for orthography in proper names which prevailed some three hundred years since, they are indifferently designated as Yarran, Yarranton, and Yarrington. The Yarrantons frequently filled local offices in that parish, and we find several of them officiating at different periods as bailiffs of Bewdley. Journals of the House of Commons, 1st July, 1648.

But about midnight he fled with threescore horses to Bewdley , in the New Forest, where he and divers of his company registered themselves sanctuary-men, leaving his Cornish men to the four winds, but yet thereby easing them of their vow, and using his wonted compassion not to be by when his subjects' blood should be spilt.