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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… the other has moulded bases but 17th-century shafts, set diagonally. The modern doorway has an original moulded … N. range has original windows, partly restored and similar to those on the N. front; the gable has a moulded pinnacle at … base of the gable. The Foundations of two walled gardens to the S. and W. of the house have been uncovered and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… consisted of a Great Hall, probably of four bays, open to the roof, with the das in the southernmost bay which … re-used; the porch, under the modern dormer, has a re-set doorway with a large moulded frame and a massive heavily … The junction of the original and modern walling is marked by a straight joint at the N. angle of the S. bay of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Church, Plan Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel (17 ft. by 20 ft.) has a modern E. window. In the N. wall are two … undivided from the chancel, but the internal angles of the set back in the N. and S. walls are splayed. In the N. wall … moulded; the western window is similar in date and detail to those in the N. wall; at the E. end of the wall is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whereof the soil is clay; and is bounded on the west by the river Dee, which separates the parish from Wales. … 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Sandbach; containing, according to the census of 1841, 396 inhabitants. The town of Crewe, … prospect. Among the old monuments is one supposed to be of Sir W. de Wakebridge, who fought in the Holy Land. A …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… town may have been a key element in Alfred's plan to defend his kingdom from any further Danish invasion from … following his victory at Edington in 878. 1 Cricklade may be counted among the new settlements referred to c. 893 by … that this is the only surviving part of a larger grid set out on both sides of High Street when the town was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… 1086, grew up on the lands beyond the town, at Chelworth to the south-west and to the south-east at Calcutt and … assarts, the curved boundaries of some of which may still be visible. 10 Abingdon Court, the farmstead which was … century, 2 a stone house of three bays and two storeys set end on to the road was apparently refronted and given …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the invaders, after being completely routed, retired to their ships at Portnacoulter, at present called the Meikle Ferry. … against Robert I., in 1320. It continued, however, to be the capital of that district, and was the seat of the …
Old and New London
… Bishop Alwyn removed the body of the martyred king to St. Gregory's Church, near St. Paul's; and as it passed … made, in the 15th Charles II. The rooms over the gate were set apart for the City Water Bailiff. CRIPPLEGATE AND … bloode of Christ Jesus, shortly to follow after, and be partaker, together with her and others, of the unspeakable …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… features are apparent. The Chancel and Nave (125 ft. by 20 ft. at the E. end and 26 ft. at the W. end) are … head is an 18th-century oval window. The chancel is said to have extended further E. and remains of it were found when … Daie, 1603, vintner, marble tablet with shield-of-arms, set up in 1606, though body buried at St. Michael's Cornhill. …
A Survey of London
… Creplesgate warde Creplegate warde.; From the standard to the Crosse in Cheape on the north side, is of Cripplegate … to Cripplegate. Phillip lane. Out of this Woodstreete be diuerse lanes, namely on the East side is Lad lane, which … the north was pulled down and a frame of foure houses set vp in place: the other parte from the steeple vpward, was …