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Old and New London
… let us satisfy our eyes With the memorials, and the things of fame, That do renown this city." Shakespeare, " Twelfth Night." The Right of SanctuaryBenefit of the ClergyProhibition of SanctuaryThe Westminster …
Old and New London
… REMARKS.ITS BOUNDARIES AND HISTORY. Origin of the NameIts Early HistoryAntiquity of the SeeFoundation of the AbbeyThe Palace at … we purpose, if time and space allow us, to make other tours further abroad, and to take our readers with us on …
Survey of London
… about 1665, and has left his impressions on record. One of the places that he visited was Whitehall. He specially … which, he says, 1 "looks very stately, because the rest of the Palace is ill Built, and nothing but a heap of Houses, erected at divers times, and of different Models, …
Survey of London
… PALACEHISTORY The King did not wait for the completion of the legal formalities before taking possession of York Place. On 2nd November, 1529, only a few days after … that could be wished." 1 In the Privy Purse Expenses of Henry VIII 2 are several items relating to York Place from …
Old and New London
… and Gwydyr HouseThe Local Government BoardThe Duchess of Portland's Museum of SculptureMontagu HouseRichmond HouseThe Duke of Richmond's Gallery of ArtRichmond TerraceBeating the …
Old and New London
… death imperfect and defac'd." Storer's Metrical History of Wolsey. Wallingford HousePope's Lines on the Death-bed Scene of Villiers, Duke of BuckinghamWallingford House converted into the Admiralty …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… etc. There has just been opened for traffic a new branch of the North Eastern Railway (from Durham to Bishop Auckland) … railway works will now I think bear comparison with any of the roads and bridges that the Romans have left us. My father has been offering the editorship of the mag to Mr Reade. He has not answered us yet. 4. …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… was favoured with a sharp thunderstorm, perhaps a remnant of that one which astonished Liverpool yesterday. The Queen … gone to Manchester; they take up their abode at the Earl of Ellesmere's during their stay there. The enquiry into the causes of the accident on the North Kent Railway still goes on, and …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… damage. There was it appears a considerable quantity of saltpetre in the portion of the building on fire, which blew some walls down killing … My father went to Clapham, mother to Brixton. The friends of the late Mr Cox commenced an action against the Great …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Wicken WICKEN The parish of Wicken occupies some 2,321 acres 37 in the extreme south of Cleley hundred on the north bank of the Great Ouse, which … Midlands, the Society of Merchant Venturers made regular tours to inspect their property, under the guidance of their …