 ... a thatched roof. Under these trees, we are told by tradition, the Monks resided till they built the Monastery; which seems to be very probable, if we consider how little a Yew Tree increases in a year, and to what a bulk these are grown.  The Antiquities of England and Wales - Page 95by Francis Grose - 1784Full view - About this book
 | Ely Hargrove - 1809 - 448 pages
...these trees, we are told, by tradition, the monks resided, till they built the monastery; which seems to be very probable, if we consider, how little a yew-tree increases in a year; and, to what bulk these are grown. And, as the hill-side was covered with wood, which is now almost all cut down,... | |
 | Ely Hargrove - 1809 - 454 pages
...these trees, we are told, by tradition, the monks resided, till they built the monastery ; which seems to be very probable, if we consider, how little a yew-tree increases in a year; and, to what bulk these are grown. And, as the hill-side was covered with wood, which is now almost all cut down,... | |
 | John Britton, John Hodgson - 1812 - 1036 pages
...resided till they built the monastery, which seems to be very * Burton's Monast. Eboracen. fol, 141. •very probable, if we consider how little a yew-tree...year, and to what a bulk these are grown. And as the hill side was covered with wood, which is now almost all cut down except these trees, it seems as if... | |
 | John Bigland - 1815 - 1038 pages
...resided till they built the monastery, which seems to be very * Burton') Monasl. Eboracen. fol. 141. very probable, if we consider how little a yew-tree...in a year, and to what a bulk these are grown. And aa the hill side was covered with wood, which is now almost all cut down except these trees, it seems... | |
 | James Sargant Storer, James Storer, Henry Sargant Storer - 1820 - 212 pages
..."we are told by tradition, the monks resided till they built their Monastery, which seems to me to be probable, if we consider how little a yew-tree increases in a year, and to what an amazing bulk these are grown. And as the side of the hill was covered with wood, which is now almost... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 548 pages
...these trees, we are told by tradition, the monks resided till they built the monastery ; which seems to be very probable, if we consider how little a Yew-tree...increases in a year, and to what a bulk these are grown." — BURTON, Monast., fol. 141. We have Pennant's measurement of one of these trees, taken in 1770,... | |
 | Woodland gleanings - 1853 - 306 pages
...by tradition, the monks resided till they built the monastery, which seems to be very probable, when we consider how little a Yew-tree increases in a year,...the hill-side was covered with wood, which is now cut down, except these trees, it seems as if they were left standing to perpetuate the memory of the... | |
 | England - 1862 - 162 pages
...till they built the monastery; which seems to be very probable, when we consider how little a yew tree increases in a year, and to what a bulk these are...the hill-side was covered with wood, which is now cut down except these trees, it seems as if they were left standing to perpetuate the memory of the... | |
 | James Goodeve Miall - 1865 - 358 pages
...they built the monastery ; which seems to me very probable, if we consider how little the yew tree increases in a year, and to what a bulk these are grown." These trees are yet standing. There were no habitations near, though a college of priests then existed... | |
 | 1881 - 384 pages
...monastery, which seems very probable, if we consider how little a yew tree increases in a year, and to what bulk these are grown. And as the hill-side was covered...were left standing to perpetuate the memory of the monks7 habitation there during the first winter of their residence." There is an enormous and very... | |
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