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entries mention "WICKER":
Place name County Entry Source BERWICK-UPON-TWEED Northumberland wicker age, four years, by Edward I., for putting the crown on he head of Robert Bruce at his coronation Imperial BRIGHTSIDE Yorkshire Wicker, which are suburbs of Sheffield,-as also the villages of Crabtree, Grimesthorpe, and Neepsend. Acres, 2,690. Real property Imperial CLARE Clare wicker-work, and formerly covered with horse or cow hides, but latterly with canvas; they are generally about 30 feet Lewis:Ireland DURHAM County Durham wicker; was itself built in 1685; and is a neat symmetrical structnre without aisles. St. Mary-the-Less church, in the South Imperial KERRY Kerry wicker. The people in general, though superstitious, querulous, and, from want of regular employment, of an idle disposition, are inquisitive Lewis:Ireland KILLARD Clare wicker work covered with pitched canvas. Baltard House is the residence of the Rev. M. Comyn, P.P. The living is a vicarage Lewis:Ireland KING'S COUNTY Offaly wicker-work basket, here called a kish; by removing the basket the frame serves to carry bulky articles, such as sacks Lewis:Ireland LIMERICK Limerick wicker work, the marks of which are still apparent in the cement; its roadway is perfectly level: it is now being Lewis:Ireland LIMERICK Limerick wicker work, capable of containing a large quantity of field or garden produce, and removeable at pleasure, when timber or other Lewis:Ireland MAYO Mayo wicker panniers on horses' backs or on the shoulders of women. In general, the ploughing is too light and the sowing Lewis:Ireland MONAGHAN Monaghan wicker-work made of the twigs yields a return which forms no inconsiderable portion of the rent. Fuel is procured Lewis:Ireland RATHMICHAEL Dublin wicker-work. There are several Druidical relics in the neighbourhood; also the ruins of Puck's castle and that of Shankill Lewis:Ireland SHEFFIELD Yorkshire Wicker railway-station serves for the Midland line. The public baths were built in 1836; include two large swimming-baths Imperial TIPPERARY Tipperary wicker body is common. The fences are generally large mounds of earth from six to eight feet at the base Lewis:Ireland Wicker Yorkshire Wicker , eccl. dist., Sheffield par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, wholly in bor, of Sheffield, pop. 13,014. Bartholomew WICKER Yorkshire WICKER , a chapelry in Sheffield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; including part of Sheffield town. It was constituted in 1845. Post Imperial
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