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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… mostly pasture. There is a quarry of limestone used for building and draining. The living is a rectory, valued in the … and the glebe comprises 60 acres, with a glebe-house. The church, supposed to have been built about the year 1587, is a … Jones, a former possessor of the estate, who provided the church with a set of bells. A free grammar school for boys …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… (1791), 353), writing in about 1720, said that the parish church then stood 'at the upper end of the town, but within … to be made up of three distinct parts. To the E. of the church was a single row of buildings on the N. side of the … that described by Bridges (op. cit.) as an Elizabethan building with the date 1580 on it. Further W., to the W. of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of St. Mary the Virgin held a court for the tenants of his church c. 1190. 9 Only two laymen are known to have held … Earlier Henry of Oxford, who held his lands with sac and soc and infangthief, 12 and Geoffrey de Clinton (d. by 1135) … Bodl. MS. Twyne xxiv, p. 258; Borough Customs, ii (Selden Soc. xxi), 1956. J.I. 1/695 m. 19; J.I. 1/699 m. 27; J.I. …
Old and New London
… circumspice;" like Sir Christopher Wren in the cathedral church of St. Paul. In the well-known words of the … spring which still supplies a pump near the modern parish church. The overflow from this pond would pass by Ivy Bridge … years as a pasture-ground, and was subsequently let on a building lease. Then the square was planned, and Inigo Jones …
Old and New London
… 'y Athhyais Chaire] Aristoph., "Acharn." St. Paul's Church first builtDestroyed by Fire and rebuiltDispute … interred in the ChurchyardThe Parish Ratebooks and Church Registers"King's" Coffee HouseThe Westminster … on the plan and in the proportions of the original building. The great delay between the period of erection and …
Old and New London
… Street, and Long Acre, stands the Queen's Theatre. This building passed through the first two stages of its existence … entrance to Drury Lane Theatre, is the Scottish National Church, a place of worship which has acquired considerable … name of some dead or living dramatist. THE SCOTCH NATIONAL CHURCH, CROWN COURT. Now-a-days the carriages of the upper …
Survey of London
… the whole of the Piazza420 feet eastward from St. Paul's Church and 316 feet northward from the garden wall of Bedford … to be held at the hustings erected in front of St. Paul's Church from at least 1701 until 1868, the last general … as yet only 'a structure of a temporary character'. The building (Plate 43a, 43b) was constructed by William Cubitt …
Old and New London
… Covent Garden and of Drury Lane." Rejected Addresses. The Building of the Theatre"Rich's Glory"The First Performance at … on page 223, refers to this removal. The progress of the building was thus commented on in the Daily Advertiser for … The same paper for August 4, 1731, states:"The new theatre building in Covent Garden for Mr. Rich is carrying on with …
Survey of London
… (Plate 40) was probably based on a careful survey of the building after an extensive addition had been made north of … 1740 and 1760. Extending some 60 feet north of the main building, and having a frontage of 105 feet to Hart (now … feet. Additional space for storing scenery was provided by building a long and narrow room extending above the pit …
Survey of London
… was destroyed in 1856. After this second fire the present building was erected in 18578; E. M. Barry was the architect. … Daily Courant stated that 'We hear the Subscription for building a new Theatre in Bow-street, Covent-Garden, for Mr. … April the foundations were being dug. 6 By June, when the building contract was signed, a large part of the new …