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The Environs of London
… Chieham; it has since been varied to Ceiham, Chayham, and Cheyham, and has now, for about two centuries past, been uniformly … known to mean a dwelling. Situation. Boundaries. Extent and soil. I should suspect that Aubrey never was at this …
Old and New London
… StreetPleasant MemoriesSt. Peter's in ChepeSt. Michael's and St. Mary StainingSt. Alban's, Wood StreetSome Quaint EpitaphsWood Street Compter and the Hapless Prisoners thereinWood Street Painful, Wood … Anabaptist RisingA Remarkable Wine CooperSt. John Zachary and St. Anne-in-the-WillowsHaberdashers' HallSomething about …
Old and New London
… Cheapside Shows and pageants CHAPTER XXVII. CHEAPSIDE SHOWS AND PAGEANTS. A Tournament in CheapsideThe Queen in DangerThe … Lord Mayor's ShowsA Grand Banquet in GuildhallGeorge III. and the Lord Mayor's ShowThe Lord Mayor's State CoachThe Men …
Old and New London
… TRIBUTARIESSOUTH. The King's ExchangeFriday Street and the Poet ChaucerThe Wednesday Club in Friday … Easy it is to Redeem the National DebtSt. Matthew's and St. Margaret MosesBread Street and the Bakers' ShopsSt. Austin's, Watling StreetThe …
Unpublished London Diaries
… July 23September 5 1914, recording the preliminaries to and outbreak of the First World War as it impinged on her … social circle in London. Interesting for rumours and scare-stories as well as food shortages, shopping and travel problems. IWM Misc 29/522 590. 1914 BRITTAIN, F, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Chedzoy parish lies immediately east of Bridgwater parish and at the western end of King's Sedgemoor; Chedzoy village … element in the name, 'eg' or 'ieg', signifies an island 28 and the village, with its adjoining arable fields, lies on an … a natural watercourse. Park wall rhyne, on the west and also in part natural, may be largely the product of …
Old and New London
… Boundary of the ParishEtymology of its NameCharles II. and Colonel BloodChelsea FieldsThe "Dwarf's Tavern"Chapels of French Huguenot RefugeesGardens and NurseriesAppearance of Chelsea from the RiverChelsea in … Earl of Warwick, who acquired high renown at the battles of Cressy and Poictiers, appears to have occasionally …
The Environs of London
… century ago. Skinner derives Chelsea from shelves of sand and ey or ea, land situated near water; at the same time he … haven 2. Newcourt derives it from Ceald or Cele, cold, and byth 3. Norden, whose etymology is best supported by … victorious Earl of Warwick, who signalized himself at the battles of Cressy and Poictiers, appears to have had a …
The Environs of London
… Extracts from the Register. "Charles Hickman, D. D. and Bishop of Londonderry elect, and Anne Burgoyne of the county of Warwick, were married Ap l 15, 1703." "Hon ble James Brydges, Esq. and the Hon. Cassandra Willoughby, married Aug. 4, 1713." …
Old and New London
… &c. "Go with old Thames, view Chelsea's glorious pile, And ask the shattered hero whence his smile." Rogers's … Foundation of the HospitalThe Story of Nell Gwynne and the Wounded SoldierChelsea CollegeArchbishop Bancroft's … in the equipment of the troops sent out to fight the battles of King George, against old Washington and his …