Coates, proposes that the name ultimately derives from Latin Medicata [Insula] (English: Healing [Island]), owing perhaps to the island's reputation for... 77 KB (9,055 words) - 09:49, 3 April 2024 |
of Newton Hall Tower, a 13th-century defensive tower belonging to the de Insula family, that was demolished in the 1800s. Newton Hall country house was... 9 KB (846 words) - 20:41, 21 November 2023 |
(1776). "plate 25". Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis: collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772-1775... 18 KB (1,714 words) - 15:53, 5 November 2023 |
the port near Bosham). The Roman historian Suetonius calls the island "insula Vecta" in his account of its capture in year 43, referring to the future... 44 KB (5,641 words) - 07:07, 12 April 2024 |
(Subscription or UK public library membership required.) "Hunkin, Joseph Wellington". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2008 (December 2012 online ed.).... 12 KB (712 words) - 16:46, 15 January 2024 |