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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 4 miles (N. E.) … and Smallwater, at the head of Riggindale, the highest branch of Mardale; Skeggles-water, in the mountains between … they are unusually rich; at Eagle Crags, in Grisedale, a branch of the vale of Patterdale; and at Greenside, near …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… James Piccadilly; St. George Hanover Square; St. Margaret and St. John Westminster; with the liberties of the Rolls and the Savoy, and the precinct of the college of Westminster. The principal …
Old and New London
… pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof; By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And … falling into the arms of Liberty. Peace (with the olive-branch and dove) is reclining on his knee, whilst in the …
Old and New London
… Westminster Abbey The sanctuary and almonry CHAPTER LVII. THE SANCTUARY AND THE ALMONRY. "I pray you, let us satisfy our eyes With the memorials, and the things of fame, That do renown this city." …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… OF WESTMINSTER (LOWER DIVISION) The origin, composition, and ownership of Westminster hundred are discussed in Volume … the larger parts of Deerhurst, Elmstone Hardwicke, and Leigh, and part of Boddington, all east of the Severn, … p. 38. Westm. Abb. Mun. 32668. Close R. 124751, 94. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), i. 170, 1789; J.I. 1/274 rot. 5d.; J.I. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a coherent area on either side of the river near Deerhurst and partly as isolated estates in the north-east part of the county, and presumably constituted the possessions of the former … 11568, 1189 (Rec. Com.); Pipe R. 11591214 (P.R.S.). Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), i. 179; cf. Westm. Abb. Mun. 32693, 32716. …
Old and New London
… Westminster King St, Great George St and the Broad Sanctuary CHAPTER III. WESTMINSTER.KING STREET, GREAT GEORGE STREET, AND THE BROAD SANCTUARY. "Urbs antiqua fuit." Virg., "n.," i. … Grenville was Premier. At No. 20 in this street are the branch offices of the Society for the Propagation of the …
Old and New London
… Park in the Reign of Henry VIII.Rosamond's PondCharles II. and his Feathered PetsDuck IslandLe Notre employed in Laying out and Improving the ParkThe DecoyThe King and his SpanielsWilliam III.'s Summer-houseSt. James's as a …
Old and New London
… Westminster Tothill Fields and neighbourhood CHAPTER II. WESTMINSTER.TOTHILL FIELDS AND … charity." Ten out-pensioners were added to the almshouse branch, and the benefits of the inpensioners were increased … and the separation of the schools from the almshouse branch of the charity. Under the provisions of this scheme …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (S. S. W.) from Castle-Cary; containing 133 inhabitants, and comprising 606 acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 8. 15. 10., and in the gift of the Rev. J. Goldesbrough: the tithes have … The Bristol and Exeter railway runs near the parish; and a branch worked by horses diverges to this place, where a …