| 单词 | county town |
| 例句 | At one we stopped for lunch at one of those inevitable old-fashioned hotels in the main street of a county town. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I tried to travel to the county town to lodge a complaint, but the police turned me back. China's barbaric one-child policy 2013-05-06T06:00:01Z "We are aware of the need to reassure people and everything possible is being done to make sure we keep our county town and the county safe." Ipswich stabbing: Man, 18, dies after town centre attack 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Mr Brogan said "a proper museum for Omagh" that reflected the history of the county town of Tyrone would be one of the aims of the new heritage group. Tyrone's history is in danger of being lost, heritage group warns 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The National Youth Agency said it had seen an "increasing trend" for young people in county towns and rural areas to be targeted. Service cuts may expose rural youth to county lines 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z She says more needs to be done to "spread the word" about the range of independent businesses, which comprise 60% of shops in the county town. Budget 2021: Bedford's High Street hoping for 'booming summer trade' 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z In the Angus county town of Forfar, Owen Foster reckons this was a devastating blow to the SNP's credibility. Is Scotland moving towards independence? 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Tillman led a white mob in 1876 that killed several black men in Hamburg, an Aiken county town where freed slaves had settled. Clemson to strip name of John C Calhoun, champion of slavery, from honors college 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z My journey to find that story begins in the Angus county town of Forfar where pink cherry blossom is tumbling down the empty streets. Protective gear demand 'caught all by surprise' 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Lincoln is the county town of the “most Brexit” region in England; at the referendum more than 70% of voters were in favour of leaving the EU. People's Vote march brings a mixed bag of protesters to London 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The report says children are being used in so-called "county lines" operations - supplying Class A drugs from urban areas to county towns. From angel to monster: 'My son was groomed to sell drugs' - BBC News 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Talk to young people in the county towns and they are incredulous at the talk of a hard border post-Brexit. Brexit's hard Irish border questions - BBC News 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z But not many people know Henry Chadwick, the man who helped oversee baseball's meteoric rise to national prominence, hailed from a county town in the south west of England. The Englishman dubbed 'the father of baseball' - BBC News 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z They sell the surplus and buy meat and a few other necessities in the nearby county town of Tianzhen. Just a little bit richer 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Prof Bailey's line places Coventry on the opposite side from important parts of its hinterland, including the county town of Warwick itself. Coventry crucial in devolution debate 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z He now lives a few miles closer, in the county town of Linlithgow. At 39, a Rookie at the Ryder Cup Carries a Scottish Torch 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Researchers looked at the cost of the cheapest train fare to the seaside for a family or four, booked two weeks in advance, from a range of cities and county towns. Beach trip 'pipe dream' for poorest 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z He added: "There's also the potential impact on local economies, diverting income from local business, and reducing the critical mass required for the centres of many of Scotland's county towns." Court closure protest to take place 2013-06-04T01:34:08Z The ruins of the county town are preserved to remember the 20,047 who died. Sichuan 2008: A disaster on an immense scale 2013-05-09T00:36:41Z He had an hour to wait in the study for his father, who was away at the county town. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Consequently, just as the country gentleman now spends a portion of the year in London, so his ancestor in the seventeenth century made the adjacent county town his residence at certain seasons. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z Quarter Sessions, sketch of county town during, 97; before Corporation Act and afterwards, 97. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z HUNTINGDON, a market town and municipal borough and the county town of Huntingdonshire, England, on the left bank of the Ouse, on the Great Northern, Great Eastern and Midland 951 railways, 59 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Thus, in the early day, the traveler on entering the county town encountered, first, the stocks and whipping-post; continuing his route, he in due time came to the gallows, at the town's end. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The grouping of shires round a county town as distinct from the old national shires is probably of Scandinavian origin, and so certainly is the division of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire into “ridings.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Before the union of the shires of Ross and Cromarty, it was the county town of Cromartyshire, and is one of the Wick district group of parliamentary burghs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The capital on the Isis has always been a considerable county town. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Bodmin, however, is really the county town as the Assizes are still held there, an honour she has disputed with Launceston for many centuries, the Assize Courts having swayed to and fro between them. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z Edward I. made Harlech a free borough, and it was formerly the county town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z GUILDFORD, a market town and municipal borough, and the county town of Surrey, England, in the Guildford parliamentary division, 29 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z This was a woful grievance to the bulk of the tenants, especially to elderly or infirm persons, or others remote from the county town. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z It was the county town from 1696 to 1853, when for several years it shared this dignity with Duns, which, however, is now the sole capital. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Evidently this was to be the county town of Morris County. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z The place was built at an expenditure of 36,000 pounds, but Abingdon being no longer the county town, it has been sold and turned into a granary. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z It has been the county town since the reign of Edward the Confessor. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z By the consent of the proper authorities the prisoner, accused of the murder of the late Samuel Morrow, has been brought here instead of to the county town, for reasons that will appear hereafter. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z She forgot to disparage the old country during the long drive from the county town; and that was notable. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z GALWAY, a seaport, parliamentary borough and the county town of county Galway, Ireland, on the north shore of Galway Bay, and on the main line of the Midland Great Western railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Aymer wired the ground game, sold them to the carriers who went by, and through the carriers got books slowly and one by one from the county town. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z "I have got an admission for Roger into the Orphan School of our county town," said he. The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People 2011-08-10T02:00:18.760Z Professional men and gentlemen of independent income residing in county towns frequently take shooting of this kind. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z EXETER, a city and county of a city, municipal, county and parliamentary borough, and the county town of Devonshire, England, 172 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z It was from the register of a parish in a small county town. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The Barnham Chronicle was one of those extremely old papers published in county towns, which live on from year to year without an effort, because they meet with no opposition. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z In August, William Saint began a daily service to the county town. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The act requires sub-distributors to be appointed in every county town, district, and village, and they would be necessary. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z The growths of the copses are sold by auction in some near county town, as they stand, the buyer clearing them during the winter. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z On his first visit to the county town, he had, as I have shown, been obliged once more to put off decision. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z But these places are far ahead of the county towns and districts where the squire and parson reign supreme, and the clerk to the justices is their own faithful attorney. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Born in Charlton, a little county town in Hertfordshire, Jan. 19, 1813, he received the rudiments of an education like other boys in the neighborhood. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z Precisely when the shire became known by the name of the county town has not been ascertained, but probably the usage dates from the 16th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z It thrives equally as strong in the county town. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z The public buildings are clean, but unpretentious, and evidently modelled after those of some English county town, in which the sturdy Georgian architecture predominates. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Ex�eter, a city, river-port, parliamentary county, and municipal borough of England, county town of Devon, on the left bank of the Exe, 10 miles north-west of its outlet in the English Channel. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Ding�wall, a royal and parliamentary burgh and seaport of Scotland, county town of Ross and Cromarty, situated at the head of Cromarty Firth. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z FLINT, a municipal borough and the county town of the above; a seaport and contributory parliamentary borough, on the south of the Dee estuary, 192 m. from London by the London & North-Western railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Our cities and county towns possess many a public building donated by the private sector. Private benefactors won't be enough to balance the books 2011-04-02T23:10:00Z He saw Sharpe drive through the village, and was told that the lawyer was head of a trusted firm in the county town. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z Then, there was the case of an obscure weekly paper published in the county town of an agricultural district in Wales. The Terror A Mystery 2011-03-22T02:00:24.957Z They are two county towns, and nothing of that kind ever goes on in them. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z “Like any other county town,” replied Bruce shortly. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Moreover, the county towns and country villages were a field far less worth shining in as a gentleman than were certain fields he now began to think he might soon visit. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z He was looked coldly or shyly upon by even the insignificant middle-class society of a county town! A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z It is the chief place in the Western District, the county town; yet the population does not much exceed four hundred. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z "It has been an easy victory," replied the gentleman from the county town. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Our visits to the county town were not all marked by such incidents. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z DURHAM, a city and municipal and parliamentary borough, and the county town of Durham, England, 256 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z I had some miles to go, for our place lay at a distance from the county town; and I started at length, having quite given up the idea of breaking the news to Annie. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z It is a city and county of itself, a municipal county since 1888, and a parliamentary borough, besides being an episcopal city, a seaport, and county town of Cheshire. Cathedral Cities of England While the colonel from the county town was speaking, Deck and Artie had been over to the other side of the road, and penetrated the grove for a short distance. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Therefore, and despite the uncertain times we lived in, we rarely let a fortnight pass without organising an expedition to our county town. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Dumfries is beautifully situated and is one of the handsomest county towns in Scotland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Norman earls were earls of counties, though sometimes styled from their chief residence or from the county town, and Mr J.H. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" It was on a fine summer morning that May, with one of her little sisters, set out to visit the annual fair of the county town. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 Before his health was impaired he occasionally went to the county town by water; for it was on a branch of the river, and was full thirty miles distant by the winding streams. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z ARMAGH, a city and market town, and the county town of Co. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" In the county town of Opelousas there was a great and unusual crowd. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 One day towards the end of April, a curious regiment was seen on the king's highroad approaching the county town of Wartenstein, which excited the wondering interest of all whom they passed by the way. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Sterling is the county town of Montgomery County and has about 3000 inhabitants. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts At this point the one from the county town passing through Barcreek village crossed the stream. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z It was named Durovernum, and was a flourishing county town on the road from the Kentish ports to London. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" CAMBRIDGE, a municipal and parliamentary borough, the seat of a university, and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, 56 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" There was little else said; they reached the county town in good season. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Harriet was given to underrating everybody who had any sort of reputation, and she certainly underrated Norwich society, p. 89which, when I was a lad, was superior to most of our county towns. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself In two hours from the county town, Levi Bedford reined in his four horses at the front door of the Riverlawn mansion. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Multomah, the little county town, was excited; its one hotel was crowded. Anne Being the county town, at autumn and spring it displayed a rather busy aspect; the rest of the time was given over to very delightful, refined social living. Helen Grant's Schooldays After passing it there is a great sameness until you arrive near Lyons, the county town of Wayne. Notes on a Tour Through the Western part of The State of New York Life had its one phase of monotonous want, only broken in upon by the momentary orgie of an election, or the excitement of a county town on the Saturday of an execution. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The lawyer came over to him, and he explained the object of his visit to the county town. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z She intended to drive over to the county town, and Anne was to go with her six miles of the distance, and be left at a certain glen, where there was a country saw-mill. Anne It was the county town also, and twice a year presented quite a stirring aspect. Helen Grant's Schooldays The system has already penetrated into the smallest of the county towns which groan under the incubus; let us hope, let us labour, that it may not continue its course and enter the villages. The Hills and the Vale As the county town of Cumberland, and next to Newcastle the greatest railway centre in the north of England, its prosperity has grown by leaps and bounds. In the Border Country The bell rang at the door of the mansion for dinner; and while the family were attending to this midday duty, Artie was entering the county town. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z An indictment had been found, and the trial was to take place without delay in the county town of the district to which Timloesville belonged. Anne There was a tall, powerful negro called George Washington, a man well known in this county town, to which he had come, as driftwood from the storm of war, in ’65. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 CHESTER, an episcopal city and county of a city, municipal, county and parliamentary borough, and the county town of Cheshire, England, 179 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Their literature is the weekly newspaper from the county town. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 The great river was directly in the rear of the mansion, with the road to the county town on its shore. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z He followed this up by thrusting a few things into a bag, cashing a cheque, and hurrying to Paddington, where he caught an express for the county town. The Queen Against Owen There were some wonderful old Radicals in Ipswich, though it was, and is, the county town of the most landlord-ridden district in England. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations CHELMSFORD, a market town and municipal borough, and the county town of Essex, England, in the Chelmsford parliamentary division, 30 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" But at the period of this tale it was a sleepy, ancient, county town that woke to life on market days, and rested through the remainder of the week. The Broom-Squire It was about two months after the death of Colonel Lyon that Noah and his family arrived at Bowling Green, the county town, which was the nearest railroad station to Barcreek, fifteen miles distant. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Tandy also worked in the county towns, where he had a good deal of influence. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Was he to allow the ground to be cut from under his feet by a young creature of twenty-one who had been brought up in a county town? Is He Popenjoy? Chester, the county town, is a city, county of a city, and county borough, and Birkenhead and Stockport are county 91 boroughs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Two courts of lawn tennis in the square of the county town of Donegal! Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The assizes were over; and till next July—when the judges, barristers, jury, &c., would all return, Carrick was doomed to fall back to its usual insignificance as a most uninteresting county town. The Macdermots of Ballycloran As county town, Osage published two papers and was, in addition, the home of two Judges, a state Senator and a Congressman. A Son of the Middle Border Sprigg, he bricked it all up, hauled the bricks himself clean in from the county town, an' it's got a manhole 'twill let ary man down it that wants to go. The Brass Bound Box The sky began to clear, the postillion trotted gaily on, and we left the county town, not much gratified with our experience of its smoky rooms and tough beefsteaks. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 No coffin could be had in the whole district, and someone went thirty miles and got one at the county town by means of artful stratagem. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule It was, however, in the general market-places of the county town or smaller centres of population that the mass of the business of exchange was transacted. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production Strenuous exertions were made to have them located elsewhere than at Newark, which had been the county town from a very early period. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Having reached the county town where he was to officiate as judge, Lord Ellenborough proceeded to array himself for his appearance in the court-house. A Book About Lawyers When the first railway through Kent was projected, the line was laid out so as to pass by Maidstone, the county town. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Mr. Smith-Barry owns about 5,000 acres of land situate in the fat and fertile plain of Tipperary, known as the Golden Vale, with the best part of the county town itself. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The county town of Kent is situated not only on the Medway, but on the pilgrim road to Canterbury, and of a monastic hospital for pilgrims and other poor travellers there still survive some relics. Dickens-Land It rises at Glenbuck, on the border of Lanarkshire, and after a course of some 38 m. falls into the Firth of Clyde at the county town which, with the county, is named from it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" But the Miss Kingsburys of the smaller county towns are an especial menace to such as Flamby, although charity rarely assumes the dimensions of a vice among any of the natives of England's southern shires. The Orchard of Tears We found on arrival that the Inspector was away at the county town attending the Assizes, and was not expected back till the end of the week. Border Ghost Stories Sir Shawn, who was High Sheriff for the year and had to be in the county town for the opening of the Assizes, took the party to the station on his way. Love of Brothers Newcastle is a considerable place for loading, and although it may be considered the county town, has nothing particular. History of New Brunswick AYR, a royal, municipal and police burgh and seaport, and county town of Ayrshire, Scotland, at the mouth of the river Ayr, 41� m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Without mishap it gained the outskirts of the county town of Shropshire, when an involuntary halt occurred. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War The statement over, she was desired to answer a few questions from Captain Morden, the chief of the constabulary force, who had come from the county town to investigate the affair. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Odds, thunderings and pealings, of course they do! and the third fiddler, little Tweaks, of the county town, goes into fits. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 It was the county town, and contained six thousand inhabitants, two hotels, and a court-house. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim I had only paid two or three visits to our county towns, which are, to say the least of them, small and to some extent uninteresting. Roger Trewinion When she finally persuaded him to stand for Parliament as member for their county town, it was in a great measure her popularity that won him the seat. The Arbiter A Novel The county town was changed to a more favourable situation, Vittoria. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 As is fitting for its county town, the first entry in the Devonshire Domesday deals with Exeter, in which city, it is recorded, the king had 285 houses rendering customary dues. Exeter She brought her back to us decked in a hat and frock born of many days of planning and three trips to the county town. David Malcolm Mr Leigh died a few days after Bell vanished from the little county town: and Gabriel was presented with the living by the bishop. The Bishop's Secret He was an attorney in a small county town when the war commenced, and his name had been broached for the Governorship. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War General Simcoe had selected it for the county town, and the site of a future city. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 In ten minutes after both men and horses are in motion moving along the road between Clancy’s cottage and the county town. The Death Shot A Story Retold There was a tall, powerful negro called George Washington, a man well known in this county town, to which he had come, as driftwood from the storm of war, in '65. Eli First published in the "Century Magazine" So she listened with attention while Martin revealed his scheme of reform, and this was nothing less than the sending of Anastasia to Mrs Howard’s boarding-school at the county town of Carisbury. The Nebuly Coat To this day, both in feeling and in truth, Exeter is something more than an ordinary county town.' Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts If in after-life the sojourner should come in contact with people interested in the politics or business of that county town, he will surprise them by exhibiting his minute acquaintance with its affairs. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author County Club, but the County Clubs usually met in the county towns. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King It is the county town of the Brock district; and here numbers of gentlemen of small fortunes have settled themselves from England and Ireland. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 They reminded me much of what are common in the county towns of England. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 She then told me this story, finding that I was intimately acquainted both with the county and the small county town where it happened. Seen and Unseen Perhaps the Directory of the county town is the only available volume. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author A few old maids in the county towns, and a few gouty old gentlemen at the clubs, are the only persons of the present day who ever open a book!’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 Being a county town, it had a court-house in a yard near the centre of the town, and a big summer hotel. Other Main-Travelled Roads Rock Falls was the county town and the only town where plays could be produced. Prairie Folks It would be no good, for instance, if we proved to a jury that from say ten o'clock until five o'clock next morning, Harborough was at—shall we say your county town, Norcaster. The Borough Treasurer But something must be said about our little county town, San Juan, county seat of Apache County in which we were located. Ranching, Sport and Travel Then Nick would tell Barney of a wonderful day when he had driven to the county town in his uncle's wagon. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Being a county town, it had a courthouse in a yard near the center of the town, and a big summer hotel. Wayside Courtships In the meantime Jim was fighting his way through the briars and over the rough ground of the short cut from the little county town. The Starbucks I left her, and drove over to the county town to my solicitor, and told him to borrow as much money on my property as he could possibly get from the financial institutions. Dr. Dumany's Wife This was perhaps because of its distance from the county town, for Mercer was twelve miles away, and there was no prospect of a railroad to unite them. John Ward, Preacher The people you see in St. Petersburg are identical with those you might see on market day in a county town of Ohio or Indiana. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' This being a county town, there were some stone official buildings in addition to the cathedral, of which we caught a glimpse in the distance. Russian Rambles Hundreds of thousands of men in this country who could not name half the county towns in England would be able to describe every room in this Belgian villa outside Ypres. At Ypres with Best-Dunkley I think too that votes were at one time purchasable even at Guildford, my county town: but that was of course at a less upright and immaculate time of day than this. My Life as an Author Then there were pedigrees, and principal parts and conjugations, and county towns. Certain Personal Matters A little to the north of Brighton is Lewes, the county town of Sussex, rich in relics of antiquity. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland In the course of one of the usual long halts at a county town, a beggar came to the window of our carriage. Russian Rambles But once I was in the nearest county town by chance and rode over. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" They sent Henry Holmes's double phaeton to the county town to meet my train, and as I stumbled from the car, being new to my crutches, I fell into the arms of a reception committee. The Soldier of the Valley Every county had a county town, and it was always on a river. Certain Personal Matters It ended at the railway station of the county town. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 Algernon was arrested, his property seized by the sheriff, himself removed to the jail of the county town of ——. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers And occasionally the men and women of Scroope would make a journey to their county town. An Eye for an Eye Luther Warden had driven to the county town and brought him back to us. The Soldier of the Valley Many trains passed it in the course of the day; for it was in the direct line of route from the county town, Garchester, to London, and the traffic was increasing. Elster's Folly His travels never exceeded the distance of the county town, and that only at assize or session time, or to attend an election. A Short History of English Agriculture Her father, Mr. Ives, was bringing her home from Newbury, where she had spent the last six months with her aunt, Mrs. Primrose, seeing something of the gay world in the county town. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V "If you will name a day we will go over to the county town, present the will for probate, and at any time thereafter my books will be ready for inspection." Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life The scene was an up-stairs room in a pleasant house near the county town. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 In no part of the country had the beauties of nature been bestowed more lavishly than on this, the village of Calne, situated about seven miles from the county town. Elster's Folly In Illinois, transfers of land were registered in each county town. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Until his ninth year the boy about whom this story is written lived in a house which looked upon the square of a county town. The Ship of Stars I transacted it, but had to travel some ten miles to the county town to record my papers. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life Yet they talked of her, of her state-craft, of her romanticism; they told little tales, one to the other, as if she lived in the county town. Come Rack! Come Rope! Lady Maddon had fits for an hour, after an encounter with her, in their meeting by chance one day at a mercer's in the county town. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality It may be the case in Devonshire too; but it is never done here in South Wilts though we have five beautiful streams ministering to our county town. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary First, the Garvington villagers learned it; then it became the common property of the neighborhood, until it finally reached the nearest county town, and thus brought the police on the scene. Red Money A district containing a county town, may elect three justices and two constables. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. On Saturday last, being the first day permissible under the statute, the nomination of a Knight to serve in Parliament for the Shire of Barks, was held in the county town. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 9, 1892 We reached the broad market-place of a little, red and grey, home county town; a place of but one street dominated by a great inn-signboard a-top of an enormous white post. The Inheritors The entrance of the judges to the county town of Athy was a spectacle which had naturally special attraction for the boys. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 "The river and the sea were covered with fruit, fishing was interfered with, and the county town complained of the smell of the rotting fruit." The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Accordingly, a few weeks after Albert died, Mary Erskine went one day in a wagon, taking the baby with her, and Thomas to drive, to the county town, where the Probate court was held. Mary Erskine Distances from Birmingham to neighbouring places, county towns, trade centres, watering places, &c. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically More than three hundred of them had been taken prisoners and were awaiting their trial at Dorchester, the county town. From John O'Groats to Land's End Village and county town I tried and I could not find where to lay my head. Walking-Stick Papers At a county town I found a library of 4,000 volumes, largely an inheritance from the feudal regime. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People But, by good luck, he got upon the back of the Laird's coach, and was borne rapidly out of their sight down the dusty road that led to the county town. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 It greatly affects the prosperity of the country and county towns. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 This young man had now been a partner in it for two years, and the same period had seen the rise to eminence of another and hitherto obscure firm in the county town. The Testing of Diana Mallory He had not been able to attend on this particular occasion, but his son had come with a delegation from the county town, twenty miles away, to represent his interests. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 I made enquiries about another county town library. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People It is one of the ancient ports of Lancashire, and, being the county town, the assizes for North Lancashire are held there. Rides on Railways It is no good to stir up people unless--' 'Oh, I never do--anyhow,' said Mary, and Dr. Hennis went on to the county town. A Diversity of Creatures Mr. Heath had been for some months Marsham's local correspondent on the subject of the new Liberal hall in the county town. The Testing of Diana Mallory Towards the close of 1791 he gave up his farm, and procuring an excise appointment to the Dumfries division, removed to the county town. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters A little more than a quarter of a century ago the family of a friend of mine, now of high rank, was living in a county town on 5 yen a month! The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Lancaster is the county town, but the largest towns are Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, and Blackburn. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Chard is a pleasant variant upon the usual cramped type of Somerset county town. Somerset These middle-aged ladies, the daughters of a deceased doctor from the neighboring county town of Dunscombe, were, if possible, more plainly dressed than usual, and their manners more forbidding. The Testing of Diana Mallory Brought my baggage on shore, and arrived, at four in the afternoon, at Woodbury, the county town of Glocester, in the state of West Jersey. Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. And it seems that there is a standing quarrel between Sudbury and the county town of Ipswich as to which was the town described by Dickens in his celebrated sketch of an election. All Things Considered NW. of Manchester, is the county town of Lancashire, and manufactures furniture, cotton, machinery, and railway plant; it was disfranchised in 1867 for corrupt practices. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge For this purpose the supervisors met once a year at the county town. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins Her father was High Sheriff, and asked me, with other barristers of the Circuit, not only to his official dinner in the county town, but to luncheon at his house, a mile or two away. The Testing of Diana Mallory He was very much elated over the discovery, and at once repaired to the county town, to seek out the magistrate and learn what he could from him. Virgie's Inheritance It is a peaceful place, and more like an English county town than most of its friends. American Notes There are coal deposits and granite and slate quarries in the N. The chief towns are Leicester, the county town, Loughborough, and Hinckley. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Many of them have a display of goods in their windows, such as may be seen in thriving county towns in England; and there are some which would do no discredit to the metropolis itself. American Notes Fancy Mrs. George Osborne in lodgings in a county town; or, worse still, in the East or West Indies, with a society of officers, and patronized by Mrs. Major O'Dowd! Vanity Fair The following morning Wain drove her in his buggy over to the county town, where she took the teacher's examination. The House Behind the Cedars The act of 27 Henry VIII., which provided that llonmouth, as county town, should return one burgess to parliament, further stated that other ancient Monmouthshire boroughs were to contribute towards the payment of the member. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Dornoch, the county town of Sutherland, a small place, but a royal burgh; has a good golf course. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge It was about ten o'clock when they arrived at Aldbrickham, the county town of North Wessex. Jude the Obscure He had returned, during their absence, from a journey to the county town, about a petition for the pardon of some criminal. Middlemarch Jane, of precocious talents, seems to have been, almost from infancy, the tyrant of the house at Haddington, where her people took a place of precedence in the small county town. Thomas Carlyle Here he remained about a year and a half, when he turned his face eastward, and in passing through Ohio, stopped at Warren, the county town of Trumbull county. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men "The jail of the county is at Welland, the county town," replied the constable. In the Midst of Alarms Ida, left alone amidst all the fascinations of the chief shop in a smart county town, and feeling herself a Croesus, had much need of fortitude and coolness of temper. The Golden Calf While he is with you at Kilgobbin, don't let him make acquaintance with those Radical fellows in the county towns. Lord Kilgobbin I had then commissioned Wood to go to the county town and buy a light gig for me; and in this he had been very fortunate. The Portent & Other Stories He was taken back to the county town where he lived, and lodged in gaol. Revenge! Our county town is a small one, and at the pace set by Maud it didn't take us long to reach the far side and sweep out on the highway which leads, eventually, to Boston. Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures My remembrance of Irish county towns at that time is that no literature flourished except the Penny Dreadful and the local press. Imaginations and Reveries We had not been married many days, when court was held at a county town, about twenty-five miles distant. The Crayon Papers All is noise and bustle, and eating and swilling, and disputation and slang, wild glee, and wilder despair, amongst those who come back from the race-course to the inns in the county town. What Will He Do with It? — Complete All is noise and bustle, and eating and swilling, and disputation and slang, wild glee, and wilder despair, amongst those who come back from the race- course to the inns in the county town. What Will He Do with It? — Volume 04 Hawkins, Maud, and the infernal machine were making for the county town with none of the grace, but nearly all the speed, of a shooting star. Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures In the country lanes, or the streets of the county town, neighbours look aside as the carriage passes in which she sits splendid and lonely. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family I arrived at the county town on a cool October evening. The Crayon Papers In London you will not hear it till after midnight; in the county towns it begins at ten; in remote villages as early as nine. On Nothing and Kindred Subjects There was held at an inn in that county town a weekly meeting of a festive, almost a riotous character, of a society of gentlemen who called themselves the Buccaneers. The History of Pendennis Almost in silence they walked together to the county town, put up at a little inn near the river, and at once began to make inquiries. Malcolm It was a great change for Kate Lee when, after her command of Norland Castle, she was appointed to Reading, a prosperous county town in charming surroundings. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" They have got down a great gun from the county town. Two Years Ago, Volume II. There was a small railway station near our house, and six miles away was the county town. The Stories of the Three Burglars "Still, if I wanted a guide, there's the motto of our county town: 'Be just and fear not.'" The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" As for travelling, having been brought up and lived in the same house of the same county town until she reached the age of forty-five, it was, as may be imagined, altogether obnoxious to her. Dawn Though a county town and a royal burgh, it is a miserable place. Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) He afterwards was Lord Chancellor, and took his title from the little county town where probably he obtained his start in the career which ended so brilliantly. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) Then there was such shopping in the county town! The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 To get it for him, his grandmother had had to send to the bank in the county town. Gutta-Percha Willie It was seven o’clock in the evening when we joined the caravan, in a stackyard on the outskirts of an Eastern county town. Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories Advertisements, setting forth the main facts, were inserted in the principal newspapers of Toronto, Hamilton and London, as well as in those of several of the nearest county towns. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales When I was about eight-and-twenty I was presented with a College living in the village of A. about four miles from the county town of B. in the West of England. More Pages from a Journal Proceeding onwards to the larger market town, which really is a town, perhaps a county town, or at least with a railway station, here one or two stationers may be found. The Life of the Fields On the night of the 26th of February, Wyatt Outlaw, a negro, was hung in the county town of Alamance, by the Ku-Klux. School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time In spite of its loneliness, however, the spot, by actual measurement, was not more than five miles from a county town. Stories by English Authors: England A gentleman well known to me kept a thermometrical record for nearly a half century in a New England county town, at an elevation of at least 1,5000 feet above the sea. The Earth as Modified by Human Action Though a county town and royal burgh, it is a miserable place. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. The jail at the county town of the shire of----was one of those old-fashioned dungeons which disgraced Scotland until of late years. Guy Mannering — Complete The harp, the violin, and the cornet-a-piston, from the county town, play mechanically in their sleep, and can only be roused by repeated applications of gin-and-water. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Beyond all this winked a few bleared lamplights through the beating drops, lights that denoted the situation of the county town from which he had appeared to come. Stories by English Authors: England Comparatively few possessing any considerable amount of capital have found their way here, as the county town, Belleville, is not in the line of the summer travel on the lakes. Roughing It in the Bush Mr. Preston was now installed in his new house at Hollingford; Mr Sheepshanks having entered into dignified idleness at the house of his married daughter, who lived in the county town. Wives and Daughters He left the train at the county town. The Trial After two hours of walking and thinking, I found that I had wandered to our county town. The Guilty River The distant sound of a gun reverberated through the air, apparently from the direction of the county town. Stories by English Authors: England Mr. Pupkin is found whenever a Canadian bank opens a branch in a county town and needs a teller. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town The Kentons were not rich, but they were certainly richer than the average in the pleasant county town of the Middle West, where they had spent nearly their whole married life. The Kentons O strange motion in the suburb of a county town: slow regular movement of the dance of death! Forty-Two Poems But in ten minutes they were on their way to the county town. A Sappho of Green Springs The spring assizes were just beginning; and at every county town the grand jurors and the justices of the peace put down their names. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Mr. Smith was awaiting a telegram from his legal adviser who had that day journeyed to the county town to represent the proprietor's interest before the assembled License Commissioners. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town He is driven out of his parish, consigned to the county town, and kept in a safe place. The French Revolution - Volume 1 Their organized and matured plans, executed by a full force of workmen from the county town, completed the twenty cottages for the members, the bank, and the town hall. Openings in the Old Trail Miss Galindo had been to Warwick, some years before I arrived at Hanbury, on some kind of business or shopping, which can only be transacted in a county town. My Lady Ludlow At every county town a long cavalcade of the principal gentlemen, from a circle of many miles, escorted the mayor to the market cross. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The Judges had left the town that afternoon, to wind up the circuit by the short list of a neighbouring county town. A Dark Night's Work Colonel Starbottle returned that night with his friends to the county town. Trent's Trust, and Other Stories But whichever it may be, Birr or Parsonstown—and I shall generally call it by the latter name—it is a favourable specimen of an Irish county town. Great Astronomers Theobald would have to go to the county town in a few days, and could then find some second-hand watch which would answer sufficiently well. The Way of All Flesh Judges, Sheriffs and Justices of the Peace had been appointed; and assizes were, after a long interval, held in several county towns. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Mr. Johnson, who had been one of the trustees for Mrs. Wilkins’s marriage settlement, a respectable solicitor in the county town, and Mr. Ness, had been appointed executors of his will, and guardians to Ellinor. A Dark Night's Work Mrs. Rivers had everything "fixed" by that hour, including herself presumably, for she had put on a gray dress which she usually wore when shopping in the county town, adding a prim collar and cuffs. Trent's Trust, and Other Stories For many years I travelled the circuit as a lawyer, and usually there was only one hotel in the county towns where court was held. My Memories of Eighty Years It was the local St. Bartholomew, and the people of all the neighbouring villages, with even a contingent from the county town, flocked into the park for their Bank Holiday amusement. Crome Yellow I slept at your horrid little county town last night; and the night before I missed a steamer or a train, I forget which, and slept at Bristol; and that's how I got here. The Queen of Hearts In this way he gathered materials for weekly epistles destined to enlighten some county town or some bench of rustic magistrates. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 A day or two later he was missed—but the fact was afterward known that he was at Spring Valley, the county town where Miss Preston lived, and he was forgiven. Selected Stories of Bret Harte Thinking their outward appearance too shabby, and not knowing the danger of his conduct, he decided to have them rebound in the neighbouring county town. The Enemies of Books From hence we turned up to Dorchester, the county town, though not the largest town in the county. From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman" I wrote on the spot to the one upholsterer of our distant county town to come immediately and survey the premises, and sent off a mounted messenger with the letter. The Queen of Hearts Your dignities, peerages, promotions, your kingships, your brazen statues erected in capital and county towns to our select demigods of your selecting, testify loudly enough what kind of heroes and hero-worshippers you are. Latter-Day Pamphlets "Johnny Dear" was originally a small plaster phrenological cast of a head and bust, begged from some shop window in the county town, with a body clearly constructed by Mary herself. Selected Stories of Bret Harte Miss Jessie occupied the second day by a drive to our county town to make some little purchases. The Queen of Hearts If there had been the faintest possibility of communicating, in that frightful weather, with the distant county town, I should have sent there or gone there myself. The Queen of Hearts He was only too glad, therefore, to obey the directions which the letter contained, and to prepare at once for his long walk to the county town. The Queen of Hearts The first idea was to get her a Welsh pony; the second was to hire a piano from the county town; the third was to send for a boxful of novels from London. The Queen of Hearts I am left alone for an hour, and then the upholsterer arrives from the county town. The Queen of Hearts |
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