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A History of the County of York East Riding
… streets, and the many and beautiful gardens. 2 The town's obvious prosperity came not only from its position as the … meetings. 5 From 1703 the usual meeting place of the J.P.s and the local commissioners of sewers was probably that … started c. 1790 in gardens near Hull Road and Grovehill Lane, and peppermint was processed in several small …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… In 1743 there were said to be c. 480 families in St. Mary's parish, c. 70 in St. Nicholas's, and c. 340 in St. John's and St. Martin's together. 74 Perhaps one fifth of the …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… spent five days at Beverley. The visit cost him £5 18 s., of which, as he noted in his journal, 17 s. 6 d. was for the subscription to and expenses at the … evidently a thriving society, with a meeting house in Wood Lane; a new Methodist chapel in Walkergate was opened in …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… 1 Land in the parish belonged to the bishop of Worcester's estate by the river Coln in the early 8th century when land … but the floor of the Coln valley is formed from fuller's earth from which issue many springs, the most notable … route from Ready Token to Ablington and Winson. Packhorse lane, recorded in 1712 as Packer's lane, 48 ran …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… and ironstone. A typical example is Doone Cottage in Long Lane, probably built after the middle of the 17th century. … doorways. One has a porch with 'Gothic' detail and Potter's Cottage has Gothic windows with four centred heads. There … and partly refronted by Charles Thomas Freer in the 1840's. 22 The porch bears his crest. Further alterations were …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the N. by Overstone, on the W. by Little Billing, on the S. by Cogenhoe, Brafield and Little Houghton and on the E. by … formed by Billing and Ecton Brooks respectively and its S. boundary by the River Nene. The subsoil is chiefly … banks, situated in a paddock which fronts on to Penfold Lane, are perhaps the remains of toft and croft boundaries of …
A Dictionary of London
… Billingsgate Stairs - Bird's Yard Billingsgate Stairs Adjoining Billingsgate Dock on the … is now occupied by a jetty, and by piers for the market (O.S.). Billingsgate Ward One of the twenty-six wards of the … (ib.). The Fire of London began in this ward at Pudding Lane, and in a few hours the ward was wholly destroyed. There …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Mary at Hill, St. Botolph Billingsgate, St. George Botolph Lane, St. Andrew Hubbard and St. Leonard Eastcheap, and parts … of Sir Christopher Wren in 168489, at a cost of 4986 18 s. 8 d. The church forms a simple rectangular apartment (77 … has a plain segmental-headed window in both the E. and S. walls. The N. Elevation has four round-headed windows with …
A Survey of London
… on this north side of Thames streete is saint Marie Hill lane, vp to saint Margarets Church, and then part of saint … alreadie in the description of the Gates. Parish church of S. Buttolph. Next is the parish Church of Saint Buttolphs, a … sometimes made by the Executors of Richard Whittington. S. Mary hill lane.; Parish church of S. Mary hill. Then is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Coquetdale ward, N. division of Northumberland, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from Alnwick; containing 121 inhabitants. This … N. division of the county of Warwick, 1 mile (W. S. W.) from Rugby; containing 623 inhabitants. It comprises … Bingley, to George Fox, Esq., who assumed the surname of Lane, and was created Baron Bingley in 1762; and on the death …