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A History of the County of Oxford
… in Oxford, but except for the pie-powder court held by St. Frideswide's during the fair and the courts of the outlying manors 2 all … is evidence only for the courts of Abingdon abbey and of St. John's hospital. The abbot of Abingdon's court met in …
A Dictionary of London
… Cousen's Lane - Crachemilles Cousen's Lane See Cousin Lane. Cousin … could hardly have been the same persons. Peter Cusyn had a wharf in the parish of All Hallows at the Hay in the Ward of … but probably erected on the site of the Convent garden of St. Mary Graces mentioned in the grant to Sir Arthur Darcy in …
Old and New London
… the following chapter, extending, to speak roughly, from St. Martin's Lane on the west to Drury Lane on the east, and from Long … like Sir Christopher Wren in the cathedral church of St. Paul. In the well-known words of the "Connoisseur," the …
Old and New London
… '[Agopa 'y Athhyais Chaire] Aristoph., "Acharn." St. Paul's Church first builtDestroyed by Fire and rebuiltDispute …
Old and New London
… of Carriage-buildersDistinguished ResidentsSt. Martin's HallMr. Hullah's Choral ClassesSt. Martin's Hall destroyed … of the purlieus of Covent Garden lying westward as far as St. Martin's Lane, we once more turn our face towards the … stated, among some of his illustrious guests, in St Paul's Churchyard, close by. CHAPTER XXXVI. COVENT GARDEN AND …
Survey of London
… their efforts or by risking their money'. 2 The Town Clerk's attitude reflected the long prevalent hostility of public … over the whole of the Piazza420 feet eastward from St. Paul's Church and 316 feet northward from the garden wall of …
Old and New London
… Rejected Addresses. The Building of the Theatre"Rich's Glory"The First Performance at Covent GardenLadies at the TheatreReceipts of the HousePerformance of Handel's "Messiah"Royalty flock to the Haymarket, and Horace … charges of a play acted in the year 1511, on the Feast of St. Margaret, of which the expenses were as follow: s. d. For …
Survey of London
… Street, Bloomsbury, had managed the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields since 1714, 1 and after his recent success there … agreement which John Rich signed with Edward Shepherd of St. George, Hanover Square, architect, on 3 June 1731 … Hoare, esquire, the banker, and Christopher Cock of St. Paul, Covent Garden, gentleman. By this deed Rich assigned …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Covert-Cutts Covert, Alexander of Sussex, arm. St. Mary Hall, matric.-entry under date 28 May, 1580, aged 18; B.A. 29 Nov., 1582, of Gray's Inn 1585, as of Slaugham, Sussex. See Foster's Index … B.D. 1676, rector of St. Ethelburga, London, 1676. See St. Paul's School Reg., 51; Mayor, 151; & Foster's Index …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Covington 21. COVINGTON (A.e.). (O.S. 6 in. XVI S.W.) Covington is a small parish 12 m. W. of Huntingdon. The … principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Margaret stands on the W. side of the village. The walls …