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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Northwich, First division of the hundred of Eddisbury, S. division of the county of Chester, 3 miles (S. W.) from Northwich; containing, with the townships of … ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 40 miles (S. W.) from Carlisle, and 320 (N. W.) from London; containing …
Old and New London
… Placethat is past: For since the Cardinal fell that title's lost; 'Tis now the King's, and called Whitehall." Shakespeare's Henry VIII., Act IV., sc. 1. The most Polite Court in …
Old and New London
… hortos." Juvenal. The Privy Gardens and King Charles's curious Sun-dialsName changed to Whitehall GardensLady Hervey and Sir Thomas RobinsonSir Robert Peel's HousePembroke House and Gwydyr HouseThe Local Government … read incidentally that the gardens were intersected by a brook or rivulet, which here ran into the Thames; for in 1667 …
Old and New London
… grac'd, But by his death imperfect and defac'd." Storer's Metrical History of Wolsey. Wallingford HousePope's Lines on the Death-bed Scene of Villiers, Duke of … of Mr. CrokerThe Horse GuardsThe Commander-in-Chief's DepartmentPennant's View of the Old Horse GuardsDover …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… great resort. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 12. 11. 3., and in the patronage of the Dean and … the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 7. 10. 10.; net income, 302; patron, the Bishop of … the road from Shrewsbury to Holyhead; and is watered by a brook which, rising in a neighbouring mountain, and flowing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Stockton, N. E. division of Stockton ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 5 miles (N. W. by W.) … for 11; and the impropriate for 106. 17. payable to Christ's Hospital, Sherburn. Whitton, with Tripleton WHITTON, with … is undulated, and the lower grounds are watered by a small brook which divides the parish from Hambleton. Stone of …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1857 Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1857 1 Jan. Cut up wood, began a … say we are the best off of the two. 5. Went to Mrs Gould's and the Times printing office, touched up map, made out …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, July-December 1857 Whymper's London Diary, July-December 1857 July 1. Finished Egyptian … exhibited there, for with the exception of 'Crossing the brook' there is I think not one which I can as a whole, say …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bradford, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S. W. by S.) from Bradford. This chapelry is situated in the heart of … of Wrexham, Higher division of the hundred of Broxton, S. division of the county of Chester, 5 miles (N. W.) from …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Wicken boundary) and represented further north by Kings Brook. The modern parish was created in 1587 40 by the union … west to east through the village of Wicken to join Kings Brook at Deanshanger. 43 Wick Hamon lay to the south of this … Dive outside Whittlewood. 69 In 1639, as part of Charles I's attempts to enlarge the forest far beyond the traditional …