A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NUNNERY, a seat in the E of the Isle of Man; on an eminence overlooking the Braddan valley, ½ a mile Wby S of Douglas. It is alleged to occupy the site of areligions house founded by St. Bridget, who was born in453; it was preceded by ancient buildings, said to have been magnificent; it is itself a comparatively modernedifice, with few traces of anything older than 200 years; it belonged to Brigadier General T. L. Goldie, who fellat the battle of Inkerman; and it belongs now to J. S. Goldie Taubman, Esq. An obelisk to the memory of Gen. Goldie stands near the mansion; and a hill to the S, and overlooking the coast, bears the name of Nunnery Hill, and has an altitude of 492 feet.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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