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Survey of London
… leaseholders, etc. Ravenscourt Park is the property of the London County Council, and the house is leased to the … War. Maximilian, on the other hand, devoted himself to trade, grew rich, was elected sheriff in 1651, 91 and in 1652 … the house and about 30 acres of land to the Metropolitan Board of Works for 58,000, half of the purchase-money being …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (O.S. 6 in. v. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of All Saints, stands at the N.E. end of the village. The walls are of stone rubble with stone … moulded side panels, sill and cornice, large flat sounding-board, with standard against N. wall, late 17th-century. …
Scriveners' company common paper 1357-1628
… Rawlinson MS. D51 Ordinances of Company, 1618/19 Ordinances of Company, 1618/19 [Rawl. D51, p. 34 edited transcript] 1 To … none shall set over his apprentice to any useing any other trade or occupation upon pain of five pounds Item It is …
Survey of London
… Angel 468. Rawstorne Street area. Houses on the west side of St John Street are covered in Chapter VIII This chapter … a picture of a declining neighbourhood, from which much trade had departed in recent years and where the class of … out in 18801 following road-widening by the Metropolitan Board of Works. This improvement scheme had originated in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Samford, E. division of Suffolk, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Hadleigh; containing … iron-foundries, and several yards for building boats. The trade of the town, however, is principally in flour, of which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… lxix. S.E.) Rayleigh is a parish and small town 6 m. N.W. of Southend-on-Sea. The church and the castle are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of the Holy Trinity stands in the village. The walls are mainly of ragstone-rubble, with much flint in the chancel and south …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.W.) Rayne is a small parish and village, about 1 m. W. of Braintree. The principal monuments are the Church and the Hall. Ecclesiastical b (1). Parish Church of All Saints, N.E. of the village, was rebuilt in the 19th century, except the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… ins. TL 56 N.E.) (Fig. 78; Frontispiece) The civil parish of Reach was created in 1953 out of parts of Burwell and … a port or interchange point for water- and land-borne trade developed, probably in the early medieval period. At … 181; V.C.H. Cambs. II, 3656; C.R.O., Swaffham Drainage Board Minute Books) (39) Cultivation Remains on the chalk …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the fen waterway system before 1100; by 1125 the abbot of Ramsey had secured confirmation of his predecessors' enjoyment of a litus, perhaps a landing … small ships and barges came up to Reach with merchandise. Trade probably continued on a small scale into the early 19th …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Reader 1841_70 Reader 1841-70 The position of Reader or Reading Clerk may have had its origin in an order made in 1739 which laid down that 'One of the Clerks be appointed to receive and read to the Board once a week the petitions of persons who apply in order …