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A Dictionary of London
… Theatre Near the Bishop's house, and formerly the Hall or Refectory of the Whitefriars Monastery, 1616. In a …
Survey of London
… "A Survey and Ground Plot of the Royal Palace of White Hall, with the Lodgings & Apartments belonging to their … Museum is a MS. plan entitled "Plan of the Palace of White Hall." Beneath the bottom margin is a note: "This Plan taken … "A Survey or Ground-Plot of His Majestyes Pallace of White-hall. C.R.2." It is a trifle less extensive than B in all …
Survey of London
… property described as "all thoise his howsynges callyd the hall, parlor, kechyn & the lyttell Chambre Whiche one Thomas … a Stable, togyder w t all the Chambers beyng over the sayd hall, parlor, kechyn & lyttell chambre, And also the Wharf … of the sayd John Henbury, Al whiche the sayd Wharf, hall, parlor, w t all the Chambres & Gardeyn one Rauf …
Old and New London
… kept by Queen Elizabeth, and at Westminster, near the Hall, where Edward the Confessor, and several other kings, … ye can speak French, to take the pains to go down into the hall to encounter and to receive them according to their … and pastime.' Then they went incontinent down into the hall, where they received them with twenty new torches, and …
Old and New London
… gallows, and their heads stuck upon the top of Westminster Hall, where at that time sentinels walked. A strong … All three were fixed over the entrance of Westminster Hall, the other bones of those three distinguished men being … with it. The disappearance of the head (off Westminster Hall) is mentioned in some of the publications of the time. …
Old and New London
… by order of Charles II. It was invented by one Francis Hall, alias Lyne, a Jesuit and Professor of Mathematics at … Elizabeth's Reign, 1593.) A. The Abbey. B. Westminster Hall. D. Long Ditch. E. Thieving Lane. F. The Amnerie. G. Way …
Old and New London
… Bridge nearly up to Scotland Yard. It comprised a hall, chapel, banqueting-house, and other apartments, as … the scaffold, which was equal to the landing-place of the hall within side." The Banqueting House, although converted … Commons several years ago, when it was proposed to use the hall as a picture-gallery. Here Prince George of Denmark was …
Old and New London
… The interior is very convenient, and comprises a large hall and numerous offices appropriated to the transacting of … exactly equi-distant. The vestibule is a small circular hall, possessing nothing more remarkable than the … bought by the Duke of York, who added the domed entrance-hall and the grand staircase, and after whom it was called …
Survey of London
… is a drawing of the interior of the buildinga spacious hall with a large organ at one end and galleries on each …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hamlet of Grimsditch is in the township; and Grimsditch Hall is the property of the family of Grimsditch. The living … military services in the time of Henry III. Whitley Hall has ever since been the principal residence of the … is now in the possession of R. H. Beaumont, Esq. Grange Hall is the seat of Sir J. L. Kaye, Bart., and both mansions …