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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Bridget) BECKERMET ( St. Bridget), a parish, in the union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland; containing 630 inhabitants. The village of Great Beckermet lies partly in this parish, … glebe. The church contains the remains of Samuel Daniel, poet-laureate and historian, who died here in 1619; and of …
Survey of London
… and Chandos Place Area Bedford Street A stone now in the garden of the Bedford Office in Bloomsbury is incised with the legend … 163464, miniature painter; Sir Francis Kynaston, 16357, poet and scholar (see the Musaeum Minervae below); (Sir) John …
Survey of London
… 92, CHEYNE WALK. Ground landlords, leaseholders, etc. The property belongs to Earl Cadogan, the house being tenanted by Mrs. Marshall. Description and … was later occupied by William Bell Scott, the painter and poet, and friend of Rossetti. The house was then a veritable …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… brickwork and with slate-covered roofs, originated late in the 18th century as a cottage, probably with a class-S plan. In the 19th century, probably before 1838, 1 the building was … century and no doubt represent the house built for the poet George Herbert (rector 1630 2). Nothing is …
Alumni Oxonienses
… aged 16. Bennet, Ambrose fellow of University Coll. by the parliamentary visitors 1649, M.A. 24 July, 1652, … 1672, K.G. 1672, lord chamberlain 1674-85, secret envoy to the Prince of Orange 1674, died 28 July, 1685. See Fasti, ii. … Coll., matric. 10 March, 1656-7; B.A. 25 March, 1658, poet and divine, vicar of Weobley, co. Hereford, until …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bentham - Berkeley Bentham BENTHAM, a hamlet, in the parish of Badgeworth, Upper division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's Barton, E. division of the … glebe comprises 90 acres with a house. George Withers, the poet, was born here in 1588. Benwell BENWELL, a district …
Old and New London
… "Fountains and trees our wearied pride do please, E'en in the midst of gilded palaces; And in our town the prospect gives delight, Which opens round the country to … Lansdowne House." "Dined at Lansdowne House," writes the poet, in his "Diary," in 1817. "My visit to Lord Lansdowne's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BERKHAMPSTEAD, or North-Church ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Berkhampstead, hundred of Dacorum, county of … arable, and 206 wood; and surrounds Great Berkhampstead: the village is situated in a valley. The living is a rectory, … well, to which medicinal properties are attributed. The poet Cowper was born in the town in 1731. Berkhampstead, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… xi cent.; Berchamstede, Berkhamsted xii to xiv cent. The parish of Berkhampstead comprises 4,345 acres of land and … permanent grass and 312 acres are woodland. 1 It includes the hamlet of Potten End (two miles to the north-east of the … for help from neighbouring towns. 10 William Cowper the poet was born at his father's rectory of Great Berkhampstead …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Besford - Beverley Besford BESFORD, a township, in the parish of Shawbury, union of Wem, hundred of Pimhill, N. … Besford (St. Andrew) BESFORD ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union, and Upper division of the hundred, of Pershore, … the summer retreat of Capt. Morris, the well-known lyric poet, who died in 1838, at the age of 93. Bethersden (St. …