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The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… evening. No news. A very fine day. The Head Superintendent of the police has done today what he ought to have done last … in the park and 600 policemen to oppose them. Upwards of 100 arrests were made of the ringleaders. Some of the mob … (London: National Illustrated Library, 1852). George Howard, Diary in Turkish and Greek waters (London: Longman, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… damage. There was it appears a considerable quantity of saltpetre in the portion of the building on fire, which blew some walls down killing … adopted through Ewell, Epsom, Leatherhead, Great Bookham, Effingham and Horsley was (with my miles) about 30 miles if …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by 1086 held in demesne by her successor, Count Alan, lord of Richmond. 20 Soon after, that manor was granted to Wimar … later lord FitzWalter (d. 1328). 50 About 1320 Sir John Howard granted that manor to Sir Thomas Pecche, still in … Upware and settled its reversion on Joan's son Edmund Howard. 52 Upware manor, though conveyed between feoffees …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Germans) WIGGENHALL ( St. Germans), a parish, in the union of Downham, hundred of Freebridge-Marshland, W. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from Lynn; containing 625 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Manor In 1086 WILCOTE, assessed at 1 hide, formed part of the extensive Oxfordshire holdings of Odo, bishop of Bayeux. 4 On Odo's fall Wilcote, among … Tudor (d. 1495), duke of Bedford, 24 and in 1514 to Thomas Howard (d. 1524), duke of Norfolk. 25 Thomas was succeeded by …
The Environs of London
… is called Willesdune, or Wellesdune 1, lies in the hundred of Ossulston: the church is nearly five miles distant from … bounded by Kingsbury, Hendon, Hampstead, a detached part of Chelsea, Paddington, and Harrow. It is computed that it … Esq. Instances of longevity. "William, son of L d Visc t Howard, buried May 19, 1659." William Franklyn, aged 107 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… by King Athelstan c. 939 to St. Paul's monastery in London of estates including ten mansae at Neasden with Willesden is … there before the Conquest. A list attributed to c. 1000 of contributions of men for manning a ship includes, among … 84 It continued as a gentleman's residence under Mrs. Howard (1850-3), Henry Vallence (1853-6), Mrs. Geach …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the others, at Careley's request, enfeoffed William Page of Harlesden, who in 1495 conveyed that and other property to trustees for Margaret, countess of Richmond; in 1506 she was licensed to alienate it to … Anne (d. 1748), and Anne's niece Sarah, wife of Thomas Howard. It was sold in 1759 to John Haley, who sold it in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. 93 During the second decade of the 19th century Protestant dissenters began meeting in private houses in Willesden Green. 94 One of the houses belonged to the mother of Oliver Nodes who … Congregation moved to brick bldg., Lown memorial hall in Howard Rd., Cricklewood 1893. New chapel in Gothic style with …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… AND GROWTH. Apart from Roman Watling Street, evidence of man's activities in the Willesden area before the Saxon … finds at Park Royal, Bronze Age vessels on the site of Brent reservoir, and Roman bricks at Neasden. There have … M.R.O., TA/WIL, nos. 85-7, 89. In 1887 owned by Geo. Howard, furniture manufacturer: M.R.O., TA/WIL, nos. 90-3. …