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A History of the County of Somerset
… for 1632 and the homage presented tenants for diverting water. A hayward reported all well. 95 In the later 18th and …
Old and New London
… allusions. Amongst other entries, we find "John Halifax, a water-bearer" (in the old times of street conduits the water-bearer was an important person); "a son of Mr. Flood, … son of Francis, Earl of Bedford. The queen was met at the water-side by the bride, and carried to her house in a …
A Dictionary of London
… Rep. 665a). Not named in the maps. Blackfriars Lane See Water Lane, Blackfriars. Blackfriars School Founded in 1716 … (Dodsley, 1761). Blackfriars Stairs At the southern end of Water Lane, Blackfriars, in Farringdon Ward Within (Boyle, … Playhouse Yard occupies part of the site. Blackfryers See Water Lane, Blackfriars. Blackhorse Alley, Court, Fleet …
Old and New London
… the river. On the south-east, a winding thoroughfare, with water on both sides, leads to St. George's Fields; and on the …
Old and New London
… apartments, in the furthest of which is a well of pure water, twentyseven feet in depth. They are cut out of a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… pier has at each angle an attached shaft with scalloped or water-leaf capital and moulded impost; the respond of the …
Survey of London
… which are quays where the goods may be landed, and the water of which serves as a mast-pond in which timber masts … the dock, there was an iron awning which extended over the water to allow the loading of coal into barges to take place … the whole of the site were taken down to 12ft below high-water level. A coffer dam was erected to shut out the water …
Survey of London
… further down-river than Deptford, with a greater depth of water, so that vessels, and especially those laden with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… built of brick, and the inhabitants amply supplied with water. A theatre, a neat and commodious building, is opened …