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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… appropriate head. In the western part of it is St. Botolph's, the seat of A. I. Stokes, Esq., by one of whose relatives … was some time ago re-opened on Lord Kensington's estate. Great facilities are afforded for the conveyance of … in strongly fortified Swansea, the key of England, all the women are widows." From this dreary state of devastation, …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… the irregular fields of the early-inclosed areas. Kelfield's open fields presumably lay immediately north of the … houses near York Road and six in Cawood Road. A village institute opposite the church was built in 1927. 35 The Cross … wall monument with kneeling figures of two men and two women, erected in 1613 in memory of John Acklam (d. 1611). A …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Dissolution, although the Crown exercised the priory's patronage, presumably until its denization in 1395. 21 In … Dawley, for the life of John Revell (d. 1729). 29 On John's death it was divided between his daughters Sarah (d. 1757), … others, 30 but both moieties eventually descended to Anne's grandson, Revell Phillips (d. 1816). 31 His sons Revell and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Wallace, however, the intrepid champion of his country's freedom, recovered Stirling from the English, and … quadrangular edifice surrounding an area in which the king's lions are said to have been kept. The building was … Stirling soon followed the example of Perth and St. Andrew's in adopting the reformed doctrines. In 1559, the lords of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Stisted 82. STISTED. (A.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxv. N.E. (b)xxv. S.E.) Stisted is a parish and small village 3 m. E.N.E. of … glass including the date 1554, the Virgin supported by two women, man's head and fragments. In S.E. window, panels of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are several newsrooms and libraries; and a mechanics' institute, to which use a theatre has been converted. The … matters. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 70. 6. 8., and in the patronage of Lady Vernon; … of the old monuments have been preserved. St. Peter's district church, a neat edifice of brick, was built in …
Old and New London
… in which Lord Cromwell is said to have livedSt. Andrew's ChurchSmall-pox and Fever HospitalMr. John Angell's BequestTrinity AsylumStockwell OrphanageMr. Alfred … the almshouses near the third mile-stone for seven poor women. His name is inscribed on their front, with the date, …
Survey of London
… Butt on July 14, 1886. 149 Corpus Christi was Bentley's first important church-building commission. His plan (fig. … the historian of Lambeth, for instance, wrote that for women it was only fit to be used in the dungeons of the … The prison was intended for use as a convict prison for women. A new block of cells was built at each end of the …
Survey of London
… 17, 1884, by the Chairman of the City of London Freemen's Orphan School Committee. The architects were Messrs. Davis … Mark Gentry. 33 This group is now known as the Freemen's Houses. The three sets of almshouses are grouped about an … being desirous of establishing an asylum for pious aged women, whose lives and conversations give evidence that they …
Survey of London
… about 1832, development was delayed until after Shewell's death and was carried out by William Cox of Kennington, who … Female Society was founded in 1802 for the relief of aged women living within ten miles of St. Paul's. At first relief … purposes. It was opened on March 8, 1848 as an Educational Institute at the expense of the congregation of Stockwell New …