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Collins (J.H)
OBSERVATIONS ON THE WEST OF ENGLAND MINING REGION
Being an Account of the Mineral Deposits and Economic Geology of the Region.
Printed for the Author. Plymouth: 1912. --- See sample text
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Edwards (Rev. Z.I)
THE FERNS OF THE AXE
and its tributaries; also of Lyme, Charmouth, Uplyme and Monkton Wyld, with an account of the flower Lobelia Urens found near Axminster, and nowhere else in Great Britain.
First edition, 1862. --- See sample text
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Hunt (Robert)
BRITISH MINING.
A Treatise on the History, Discovery, Practical Development and Future Prospects of Metalliferous Mines in the United Kingdom. With upwards of Two Hundred and Thirty Illustrations.
First edition, 1884. --- See sample text
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Lewes (George Henry)
SEA-SIDE STUDIES
at Ilfracombe, Tenby, The Scilly Isles, & Jersey.
Second Edition, 1860. --- See sample text
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Mayo (C.H)
A GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MAYO & ELTON FAMILIES
of the Counties of Wilts and Hereford; With an Appendix, containing genealogies for the most part not hitherto published of certain families allied by marriage to the Family of Mayo. To which is added a Large Tabular Pedigree, set in type by Theodore Mayo.
First Edition. Privately Printed by Charles Whittingham and Co., Chiswick Press: 1882. --- See sample text
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Oliver (Rev. George)
COLLECTIONS ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL, DEVON, WILTS, DORSET, SOMERSET & GLOUCESTER.
In two parts Historical & Biographical.
First edition. 1857. --- See sample text
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Pulman (G.P.R)
THE BOOK OF THE AXE;
containing a piscatorial description of that stream and Historical Sketches of all the Parishes and Remarkable Places upon its Banks. Fourth Edition, re-written and greatly enlarged.
Fourth edition. 1875. --- See sample text
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Pulman (George P.R)
THE BOOK OF THE AXE;
Containing A Piscatorial Description of that Stream and Historical Sketches of All the Parishes and Remarkable Places Upon its Banks.
Reprinted, Bath: 1975. --- See sample text
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Robinson (W.J)
WEST COUNTRY CHURCHES.
1914-1916. -- See sample text
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Robinson (W.J)
WEST COUNTRY MANORS.
Bristol: 1930. --- See sample text
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Thornton (W.H)
REMINISCENCES AND REFLECTIONS OF AN OLD WEST COUNTRY CLERGYMAN.
Printed for Private Circulation. Torquay: 1897. --- See sample text
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University College of South West
DEVON AND CORNWALL
A Preliminary Survey. A Report Issued by The Survey Committee of the University College Of The South West, Exeter.
Exeter: 1947. --- See sample text
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Wright (W.H.K) Ed.
THE WESTERN ANTIQUARY
or DEVON AND CORNWALL NOTE-BOOK. VOLUME 3.
Plymouth: 1884. --- See sample text
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