Blankshire

Lady Jubb wrote from Toffley Hall, Blankshire, to say that her elder son

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920 Various

In times of peace Smith might have been an author who had drifted into some useful occupation, such as that of a blacksmith, but just now he is cook to the Blankshire officers 'mess.

More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher

"We are credibly informed that, owing to the mildness of the past week, Mr. William Smith, of Dulltown, Blankshire, captured a splendid specimen of a butterfly, which a scientific gentleman to whom it was sent pronounced to be the small tortoiseshell Vanessa, etc."

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And policeman 451 Z. of the Blankshire constabulary chuckled.

The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks

"Why not the history of Blankshire, your old county where the Thormondes have sat since the conquest -- _hein_?"

Man and Maid Elinor Glyn 1903

"What, Tom Strachan, of the Blankshire?" he cried.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

He was attached as a galloper -- or bearer of orders -- to the General's staff, but, being employed to take a message the day before to his own regiment, he charged with them, and the officers of the Blankshire who knew him, and witnessed the charge from a distance, were anxious to know for certain what had occurred, the reports which had reached them being too contradictory for reliance.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

But all were in good spirits, for it transpired that this was the last of that sort of work the two companies of the Blankshire employed in it were to have for the present.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

"Are you Strachan of the Blankshire?" asked Grant.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

There was an improvisatore in the Blankshire, whose comrades considered him a wonderful genius, though, as a matter of fact, his extempore effusions only consisted of taking some well-known song, and altering certain words or lines to suit a particular occasion.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899