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Old and New London
… chapter, extending, to speak roughly, from St. Martin's Lane on the west to Drury Lane on the east, and from Long … name of the Convent Garden, "because it was the garden and field of that large convent and monastery where Exeter House … date is cut in a stone let into the brickwork of No. 23, King Street, of Evans's Hotel, we are told. It formed a …
Old and New London
… '[Agopa 'y Athhyais Chaire] Aristoph., "Acharn." St. Paul's Church first builtDestroyed by Fire and rebuiltDispute … in the ChurchyardThe Parish Ratebooks and Church Registers"King's" Coffee HouseThe Westminster ElectionsThe Duchess of … to St. Martin's. The matter was heard by the King in Council on the 6th of April, 1638, and judgment given …
Old and New London
… of Carriage-buildersDistinguished ResidentsSt. Martin's HallMr. Hullah's Choral ClassesSt. Martin's Hall destroyed … Among the entries in the Council Books of the time of King Edward VI. mention is made of a grant from the king to … of the Morning Post (already described), the Queen, the Field, and the Law Times. It must have been as nearly as …
Survey of London
… their efforts or by risking their money'. 2 The Town Clerk's attitude reflected the long prevalent hostility of public … for Highways and Sewers who met at the Office of the King's Works in Scotland Yard. The fifth Earl of Bedford, on … sold some of his property in Long Acre, Rose Street and King Street to the Metropolitan Board of Works for the …
Old and New London
… Rejected Addresses. The Building of the Theatre"Rich's Glory"The First Performance at Covent GardenLadies at the … house. 'Yes,' said he; 'but there was no one there but the king and queen; and as I thought they might be talking … into Chancery. Nevertheless, the Shakespearian play of King John was put upon the stage here in 1823, though Mr. …
Survey of London
… and the Royal Opera House: the Buildings Edward Shepherd's Theatre of 17312 The most important item of graphic … to form four narrow boxes on either side of the wide 'King's front box'. These amphitheatre or front boxes were … by a proscenium door. Next to this was a stage box (the King's and Prince's boxes) forming the centre of a three-bay …
Survey of London
… Street, Bloomsbury, had managed the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields since 1714, 1 and after his recent success there … a third theatre in London, and in 1778 they bought the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, from which, however, they … 'peculiar jurisdictions' sometimes found in the complex field of medieval ecclesiastical law, had occasioned the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… date 28 May, 1580, aged 18; B.A. 29 Nov., 1582, of Gray's Inn 1585, as of Slaugham, Sussex. See Foster's Index … Cowell, John of Devon; D.C.L. Canterbury, incorp. 1600, King's scholar, Cambridge, 1570, from Eton, proctor 1586, … See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus. Coxe, Richard fellow King's Coll., Cambridge, 1519, and B.A., incorp. 7 Dec., …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… in 1090, by Robert St. Quentin, one of Fitz-Hamon's knights, with a stone wall, having three gates, which in … in different parts of the town, and a charge of 12 s. on a field in the parish of Llanblethian, the gift of William … calcareous spar. The living is a rectory, rated in the king's books at 21. 1. 8.; present net income, 446, with a …
Survey of London
… close by in the 1860s and profoundly altered the area's character: the construction of Farringdon Road, the … from the City, leading to what are now Farringdon Lane and King's Cross Road (Ill. 229). It had become a narrow and … Atcheler's yards, here and later in Belle Isle, north of King's Cross, horse-flesh was boiled up in vast coppers to …