Search
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… guard. They gave their attendance on the great or King's staircase and in the guard chamber, `40 by day, 20 to watch … E. 1763 28 Sept. Bishop, T. 1773 29 Mar. Charlewood, B.S. 1775 20 Apr. Garrick, N. 1786 20 Mar. Crosdayle, H. 1792 … A. 1735 31 Mar. Legrand, E. 1746 7 May Cockayne Cust, S. 1763 25 May Jones, C. 1779 20 May Benjafield, J. 1783 27 …
Survey of London
… century by Thomas Greene, a wealthy brewer of St. Margaret's, Westminster, after whose death in 1740 it passed to his … much less emphasis on the military side of the school's curriculum, but this tendency was reversed by Lieutenant … Surveys of 18637 and 18946 denotes line of Counter's Creek sewer denotes southern boundary of area sold to …
Survey of London
… belonged to Westminster Abbey, extended from St. Martin's Lane to Drury Lane and a large part of the ground between … being used for inns and shops. In 1646, when St. Paul's, Covent Garden, was made a separate parish, the street … Two passages had connected the Strand with St. Martin's churchyard from medival times, and a lane had led from …
Survey of London
… there were at first extremely successful, but in the 1780's the popularity of the Pantheon declined, and after the destruction of the King's Theatre in the Haymarket by fire in 1789, it was converted … 1 By 1769 this ground had passed to Elizabeth Turst's nephew and heir, Philip Elias Turst, described as of Percy …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… resort in the summer time, 5 but William Hutton's description of his visit to it in 1788 made it known … in 1624 provided that Bispham and Norbreck should pay 2 3 s. 4 d. and Layton with Warbreck 2 6 s. 6 d. when 100 was levied upon Amounderness. 18 The more …
Survey of London
… formed in 1819 by the intersection of Piccadilly and Nash's New Street. It was one of the two links which joined … Since the formation of Shaftesbury Avenue in the 1880's, however, Piccadilly Circus has ceased to be a circus, a … Regent Street Quadrant, and its evolution away from Nash's original plan therefore comes within the scope of the …
Survey of London Monograph
… historical accuracy. Beyond further elaborating Papworth's invention, his main purpose was to delineate the … buildings of Crosby Place we shall take Mr. Blackburn's book as our guide, and refer to the other authorities as … The site of Crosby Place belonged to St. Helen's Priory, and occupied a position directly south of the …
Old and New London
… The Regent's Park CHAPTER XXI. THE REGENT'S PARK: THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, &c. "What a dainty life the … and VillasLord Hertford and the Giants from St. Dunstan's ChurchMr. Bishop's ObservatoryExplosion on the Regent's …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Sea-Service: And that a Sum, not exceeding 219 201 l. 6 s. 5 d. should be granted to his Majesty for the Ordinary of … Officers included: That a Sum not exceeding 647,549 l. 11 s. 3 d. should be granted to his Majesty, for defraying the … the said 17,704 Men: That a Sum not exceeding 215,710 l. 6 s. 5 d. should be granted to his Majesty for maintaining his …
Survey of London
… The Smith's Charity Estate Charles James Freake and Onslow Square … the death of Basevi in 1845 the history of the Smith's Charity estate was dominated by one man (Sir) Charles James … public benefactor and (from 1882) a baronet. On the Smith's Charity estate alone the firm belonging to this titan of …