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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… writing of the area around Salisbury in the early 1790's, records much open field mixed with recent inclosure. 4 … dairying, and in sheep, a tendency that bears out Davis's complaints. 20 Some increase in turnip, potato, and … sheep such pasture could carry. It was not hardy enough to walk far for its food and return to the fold. In fact, the …
A Dictionary of London
… Alban (St.), Wood Street - Alderman's Walk Alban (St.), Wood Street On the east side of Wood … present alternately with the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. Strype speaks of the church as of great antiquity, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Alban's, St - Aldborough Alban's (St.) ALBAN'S (ST.) a borough and market-town having separate … locally in the hundred of Cashio, or liberty of St. Alban's, county of Hertford, 12 miles (W. by S.) from Hertford, and …
Survey of London
… the Surrey side was probably due to several factors; M.P.s wished to improve the view from the windows and terrace of … Road was constructed on the site of Stangate and Bishop's Walk, and St. Thomas' Hospital and the embankment walk were …
Survey of London
… Albert Memorial The memorial The Prince's statue Plates 41b, 42b, 47a In respect of the Prince's statue and the groups, where the artists were chosen by the … 508 Unfortunately, when the southern part of Lancaster Walk was diverted to form the avenue leading to the north …
A Dictionary of London
… List, 1912). There were houses in the churchyard in Strype's time (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 24). See Romayn's Rent. The churchyard seems to lie to the south of the … especia]ly in those of later formation, as Alderman's Walk, Skinner Street, etc. Aldersgate One of the principal …
Old and New London
… CHAPTER XXVII. ALDERSGATE STREET AND ST. MARTIN'S-LE-GRAND. Origin of the NameHistory of the Old GateIts … OfficeOrigin of the Penny PostManleyBishopThe Duke of York's MonopolyMurray's PostDockwraAbsorption of the Penny Post by … gouty, asthmatic, high in flesh, Sir Nicholas could not walk from Whitehall to York House without sitting down to …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of the Mount is the parish church and Collier and Baker's plan of 1727 20 shows that most of the houses in the … with Manor Farm, the home of one of the Grafton Estate's two principal tenants in the parish. 24 The plan of 1727, … of the Alderton children were unhappy at their having to walk to school unaccompanied and the headmistress, who was …
A Dictionary of London
… of St. James' Church, with a passage into Mitre Street (O.S.) at No.2 Mitre Street (End. Charities, Rep. 1902, p. I). … Committee (ib.). Aldgate Well See Aldgate Pump. Alexander's Yard East out of Water Lane and south to the wharves … Alienation Office On the eastern side of King's Bench Walk in the Inner Temple (Horwood, 1799). An office under the …
A History of the County of Essex
… church. 5 The earliest medieval settle- ment, Ealda's or the old 'ham' or homestead, from which the parish takes … appear to have met, was Gallow tye in 1584 and Godson's green tye in 1725. There were three houses on its edges by … 1708, and South green in Green Lane in 1810. 13 Wesedene's tye, recorded in 1491, may have been the later South green. …