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Old and New London
… Nell Gwynne at Bagnigge WellsBagnigge House"Black Mary's Hole"The Royal Bagnigge Wells"The 'Prentice to his Mistress""A Bagnigge Well's Scene."Mr. Deputy DumplingCurious Print of Bagnigge Wells. … "Pinder of Wakefield" was an old public-house in the Gray's Inn Road, near Chad's Well, formerly much frequented by the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and hundred of Shrivenham, county of Berks, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Farringdon; comprising 792 a. 2 r. 25 p., and … from Dunstable is the large circular encampment of Maiden Bower, about 2500 feet in circumference, and formed by a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… civil parish of Much Wenlock. 85 To the south Benthall's boundary followed the Wenlock-Broseley road before swinging … and then east to follow the northern boundary of Willey's medieval park. 86 Most of the parish is fairly flat, lying … 94 and the barges, trows, and watermen working from the Bower Yard wharves were mainstays of the local economy until …
Old and New London
… by Pope in the following lines: Argyll, the state's whole thunder born to wield, And shake alike the senate and … It was settled finally that these librarians of Beckett's appointment should put on liveries for the occasion, and … a marine villa, in which, from dininghall and private bower to kitchen and scullery, all was pure Gothic, while the …
Old and New London
… Aspect of the LocalityDuke StreetTooley StreetSt. Olave's ChurchAbbots' Inn of St. AugustineSellinger's WharfThe Inn of the Abbots of BattleMaze PondThe House of the Priors of LewesSt. Olave's Grammar SchoolGreat Fires at the Wharves in Tooley …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… market-town, parish, and county of itself, 55 miles (E. by S.) from Edinburgh, and 334 (N. by W.) from London; … here repeatedly, and made several inroads into the enemy's territory. Robert Bruce obtained it in 1318, and having … found generally at a considerable depth below the surface. Bower BOWER, a parish, in the county of Caithness, 7 miles …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… BISHOPS Richard Sampson D.Cn. & C.L. 1536-1543. El. on k.'s nomin. 1 3 June 1536; abp.'s conf. 10 June; royal assent 11 June (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer … Royal assent 1 May ( L. & P. XVIII i no. 623 (2)). Abp.'s conf. 5 May (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer ff. 299v-305v). No cons. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… battle of Blenheim. Granted with the park were the king's houses (sometimes called the royal palace or manor house of Woodstock), demolished soon afterwards. 21 The duke's new house there was called first Blenheim House then … gate, south-east of Furze Platt, and north-west of Rosamond's well. Roman coins were discovered on the site of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim The King's houses The King's houses Royal interest in the chase led to the establishment … Henry II's mistress and later known as Rosamund's well or bower. Works at the spring were carried out in 1155-6, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward below Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 8 miles (S. W.) from Wigton; containing 224 inhabitants. A … the hundred of Tanbridge, E. division of Surrey, 21 miles (S.) from London; comprising 5370 acres, whereof 220 are … by some of the finest scenery of the forest. The "Queen's Bower" and "Langton Arbour" are still pointed out as the …