Search
Old and New London
… EdgithaA Monastic School in the "Dark Ages"The Beginning of Westminster SchoolHenry VIII.'s Additions to the … FoundationThe School as founded by Queen ElizabethElection of Queen's Scholars"Challenges"Proposed removal of the … equalled that of the yellow time-stained and discoloured glass which filled the spaces. "Here the morning draught of …
Old and New London
… Pours out its glittering stores." Thomson. The Palaces of England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn … House originally called Goring HouseThe First Pound of Tea imported into EnglandDemolition of Arlington … long, and lighted from the roof by skylights of ground glass, on which are exhibited all the stars of the various …
Old and New London
… Peter StreetSt. Matthew's ChurchThe Residence of Colonel BloodSt. Anne's LaneOld and New Pye … with the streets and thoroughfares forming the centre of the City of Westminster, we will now endeavour to point … roof ornaments, rubbings of sepulchral brasses, stained glass, impressions from seals, and other objects. Schools of …
Old and New London
… For courtly joust or tourney brave." Cavalier Song. Origin of the Word "Tothill"Punishment of NecromancersGrant of a Market and Fair to be held in … of red brick and Portland stone, with an arched roof of glass, similar in general plan to that of the Crystal Palace, …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Conqueror held an estate in Weston which had formed part of the possessions of Archbishop Stigand, valued at two shillings; with a church … of the south windows sustained some shields of painted glass, in the writer's memory, which have now disappeared: of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covering some 1300 hectares, and contains the villages of Weedon Lois and Weston, as well as the hamlets of Milthorpe, Oakley Bank and Plumpton. The latter two … and considerable quantities of post-medieval pottery, glass and tile. (RAF VAP CPE/UK/ 1994, 30934; CUAP, NU845, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… S.W. (b)xxxiv. N.W.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary, stands at the S. end of the village, and is built of flint rubble, partly covered … cable-moulded, inverted capital base, late 12th-century. Glass: in E. window, upper part of figures of Virgin and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (O.S. 6 in. v. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Laurence, at the S.W. end of the village, is built of stone rubble with stone … 20th century. The 14th-century E. window with contemporary glass is noteworthy. Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel (28 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.W.) Weston-under-Penyard is a parish adjoining that of Ross on the E. The church, rectory, Lower Weston, and … road ( Iter XIII), "Ariconium" is placed at a distance of eleven miles from "Blestium" (which may have been … pins and nails, four intagli (two of them Cornelian), glass beads of various colours, bronze buckles and other …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WESTON-BAMFYLD ( Holy Cross), a parish, in the union of Wincanton, hundred of Catsash, E. division of Somerset, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from … and the windows contain some valuable remains of stained glass. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Weston, …