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Survey of London
… Cubitt Town Riverside area: from Newcastle Drawdock to Cubitt Town Pier From Newcastle Drawdock To Cubitt Town … dry dock, known as Poplar Dry Dock, for the repair of iron ships and steamers. It had a wood and concrete bottom, wood … affected the sanity of John Dudgeon, who was judged to be 'of unsound mind' and was admitted to Morningside Asylum …
Survey of London
… 1895 that it was laid out as a garden and formally opened to the public (fig. 196). It was in 1848 that John Liddell, … at Chelsea. 'No casual visitor' wrote Liddell 'can fail to be struck with the dull & stupified air of a Greenwich … Company Ltd, which planned to manufacture a new kind of ships' anti-fouling composition, and flexible coffer-dams for …
Survey of London
… building lots, typically of 15ft or 16ft frontage, and let to developers on long leases. The building agreements that … of 120. 12 The agreements also included the conditions to be fulfilled before a lease of the property would be granted, … 12 September 1856, Queen's Place and Queen's Terrace were set out to the south of the public house and later numbered …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… was built in the 19th century. The former church is said to have been at the W. end of the present village, where an enclosure can still be traced (see (2)), and a brass in the chancel to John … century. The 17th-century walls retain some brick filling set in herring-bone pattern; the gable at the W. end has a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… which is roughly pearshaped, measures 4 km. from north to south and 3 km. from east to west at its widest point. Its … as Babwell, and a tree named Bab Tree, a name thought to be derived from St. Barbara, who is depicted in 15th-century … 1713 the jury asked for stocks and a whipping post to be set up at Cucklington, and in 1715 ordered the pound to be
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… nave, shorter than the present Nave; this building appears to have been enlarged four times, during the 13th century, … the arcade; at the same time the S. aisle was lengthened by two bays towards the W.; c. 1290 the E. half of the S. … shafts with moulded bases and capitals; the N. respond is set awkwardly against the second column of the S. arcade, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Preston; containing 106 inhabitants. This place belonged to a family of the same name from the earliest times. About the reign of Richard II. it passed by marriage to the Molyneuxs, and since 1582 it has been the … was so decomposed that only small portions of it could be secured. Cuerden CUERDEN, a township, in the parish and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… some remains on Castle Hill, on the banks of the Forth, to the west of the town. Here, according to tradition, was … Clay of good quality for pottery and for fire-bricks may be procured in abundance; limestone and ironstone are also … spinning flax, and one for thread. Of the former, one is set in motion by water, and the other partly by water and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… across the valleys of three small streams flowing N.W. to the R. Cherwell on the N. boundary. Two of these … of the village. The recorded village of Brime, thought to be lost, may in fact be part of the existing village of … In the same area (SP 541489) one of these furlongs is set below a steep natural scarp caused by landslips. Here the …
Survey of London
… XXXIIICUMBERLAND TERRACE AND CUMBERLAND PLACE Immediately to the South of St. Katharine's precinct comes the imposing … 31 houses, though there are two unimportant ones set well back at the northern end. The main group consists of … and is carried up as a pediment which feature can be seen in plates 87, 88 and 90. Balustrading to Stairs in …
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