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A History of the County of Middlesex
… land and dwellings were in Hampstead town and Pond Street, south and east of the heath, with smaller settlements … outsiders, particularly Londoners, acquired property, the old inhabitants became landless labourers, employed in the … of larger houses, which gradually replaced first the old cottages and then the newer ones on the waste. A few …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Town. 23 In 1889, despite the disappearance of some old names as a result of the 'town improvements', 24 there … 27 The Chicken House, opposite Vane House, in 1807 was an old building said by tradition to have been visited by James … the modern Flask tavern, 32 and the Upper Flask, in Heath Street, 33 owed their names, if not their existence, to the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Road from 1932 to 1936. From 1933 flats replaced the old houses in St. John's Wood Park and Avenue Road, including … took its name; high-rise blocks obliterated the street pattern of the old service area. Later phases, by the borough architect S. …
Old and New London
… like a Stepney bun; besides an endless number of Fleet Street semptresses that dance minuets in their furbeloe … and "Jack Straw's Castle" still remain as samples of these old "rural delights." The features of the latter place, as … a name. The following is all that we could glean from an old magazine which lay upon the table at which we sat and …
Old and New London
… There are," he adds, "the fairly-broad winding High Street, and other good streets and lanes, lined with large old brick houses, within highwalled enclosures, over which … Besides these avenues or groves, almost every part of "old Hampstead" is distinguished by rows of trees, of either …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… enclosure, approached by an unfenced track from Heath Street, contained a barn, stable, and cowshed, for which … in Hampstead. Luxury flats (the Athenaeum) replaced the old Athenaeum in 1958 and Spencer House (flats) replaced the … the weatherboarded (possibly 18th-century) Woodbine and Old cottages; Chestnut Cottage to the west, from before 1812, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… parkland was cut into segments, determining the subsequent street pattern. The Hampstead Junction Railway, built by … a dye merchant who lived at Kidderpore Hall, converted an old footpath into Cannon Hill, and West House and Wellesley … Road was constructed on the line of Sweetbriar Walk, the old path to Lauriston Lodge, and 58 houses were built there …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… Parish Church of St. Mary stands on the N. side of Thames Street and was entirely re-built in 182931, but retains from … of Clock Court; it has moulded and shafted jambs and an old four-centred arch in a square head; the spandrels are … portcullis, arms of Wolsey with cross, hat and motto, the old see of York impaling the later arms and the old see of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… N. and W. walls, a pair of similar windows, re-built of old materials. The timber-framed bell-chamber is modern. The … 1694; 5th and 6th by Thomas Clibury II, 1671; bell-frame old. Brackets: In chancelflanking E. window, two, of … timber-framing and ceiling-beams, and some retain their old chimney-stacks. ConditionGood or fairly good, unless …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… House, with shops, Nos. 6 and 8 on the E. side of High Street, Hampton Wick, 65 yards N. of the bridge-approach …