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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (S.) from Chester. This parish is situated on the road to Wrexham, and bounded on the west by the river Dee, which … inhabitants. This parish, which is situated about 1 mile to the west of the London road, comprises by computation 1471 … for monks of the Cistercian order, then introduced into England. The abbot, according to Gale, was accounted the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Flemish, set in modern glass, in a wooden frame, and said to have been brought from Ghent by a former rector. At … In towerin ground stage, on N. wall, tablet of slate, to Henry Lilley, Rouge Dragon, 1638; in second stage, … The E. Elevation has a projecting bay, now carried up to the roof; on the ground floor the original window lighting …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is mentioned in the Inquisitio Gheldi as giving name to a hundred, which was afterwards transferred to Redlane. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a … to the wharf with the tide, and the channel will now admit ships drawing eight feet of water to sail up at spring tides. …
Survey of London
… Road 503. Farringdon Road, from Charterhouse Street to Ray Street Farringdon Road, which forms the greater part … most important being the lack of a single executive body to carry out the project, widely recognized as a thoroughly … itself, but the first 'council housing' to be provided in England. They were built in 18645, and the sitethe corner on …
Old and New London
… Andrew'sSt. Andrew's Grammar School. It is convenient here to devote a paragraph to the general subject of the wardthat of Farringdon … This hall has been erected by the Congregationalists of England and Wales, in commemoration of the ejection from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… and escaped the Great Fire, but became so ruinous as to necessitate its rebuilding in 16867 by Sir Christopher … from each other by Corinthian columns with pilasters to the jambs. The lower tier are all square-headed with a … chapels now destroyed above ground is only paralleled in England at Norwich Cathedral. The oriel window in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and N.E. across Upper and Middle Lias Clay and Marlstone to S.-flowing streams on the N.W. and E. boundaries of the … Further N. there are some ill-defined sinuous ditches and to the S. is a group of small enclosures and a length of pit … (NCAU) show all but the S.E. side of what appears to be a double-ditched enclosure 30 m. by 20 m., orientated …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… streams which meet on the E boundary and continue to the R. Nene. The valleys in which the two streams run have cut into Jurassic Clay but on the higher land to the S. and N., and along the central ridge between the … well-preserved motte with three baileys, and immediately to the S. is a now heavily mutilated enclosure (3), probably …
A Dictionary of London
… "Falcon" Court. The site is now occupied by the Bank of England. Fawcon (The) Messuage, inn and tenement called "the … Lane. Featherbed Lane East out of Fetter Lane, at No. 18, to Pemberton Row, leading into Gough Square (Boyle, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… built and the church was much restored. The church appears to have been damaged by fire at some time. The early … is original, but considerably restored, and is similar to the other original windows; W. of this is the original S. … of the timbers are much charred. Fittings Bells: two; said to be, 1st, uninscribed but ancient; 2nd, by Robert Burford, …