The Antient and Present State of the City of Oxford: Containing an Account of Its Foundation, Antiquity, Situation, Suburbs, Division by Wards, Walls, Castle, Fairs, Religious Houses, Abbeys, St. Frideswede's, Churches, as Well Those Destroyed as the Present, with Their Monumental Inscriptions; Mayors, Members of Parliament, &cJ. and F. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and sold, 1773 - Всего страниц: 408 |
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