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A History of the County of Essex
… by its use as one of the main sources of east London's water supply. The West Ham Waterworks Co., founded about … river. 14 The company later took over also St. Thomas's (or Pudding) Mill, on Pudding Mill river, and by 1849 its … the Thames Ironworks) had by 1848 been equipped with a quay 1,050 ft. long. 77 After the closure of the Thames …
A History of the County of Sussex
… In the short main street terminating at the north end in a quay on Chichester Channel are two or three old buildings of … MANOR Before the Conquest Itchenor was part of Earl Godwin's manor of Bosham and was held of him, as 1 hide, by Lewin. … Priory, 6 and it is probable that she inherited her sister's share of the estate, 7 as in 1346 the manor of [ WEST] …
Survey of London
… and (together with some acres adjoining in the Gray's Inn Road area of Holborn) was a single landholding until … until the dissolution of the monasteries to St Mary's nunnery, whose precinct lay on the east side of the high … was mostly taken up by two fields of pasture: Gardiner's Field to the north and the larger Sir John Oldcastle's …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1717, 20 and Adsett Grove; another called Phillips's Grove, which was cut down after 1839, gave its name to … were mentioned in 1715, including one housing a smith's shop, another with a butcher's shop, and the inn called the … growth to the river trade, 31 of which the remains of a quay and a derelict wooden barge were the only visible …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and WashhousesMechanics' … MuseumA Cock-pitGreat Peter StreetSt. Matthew's ChurchThe Residence of Colonel BloodSt. Anne's LaneOld and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of whom 586 are in Wetheral township, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Carlisle. The Newcastle and Carlisle railway passes … ancient cells, called Wetheral Safeguard, or Constantine's Hermitage, excavated in the rock, at the height of forty … of rope, twine, and cordage, and in making sails. The quay, on which is the custom-house, is well adapted to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Weymouth 42 WEYMOUTH (6778) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 67 NE, bSY 68 SE, cSY 68 NE, dSY 78 SW) The … lies on the W. side of Weymouth Bay; it extends 6 miles N.S. and 5 miles E.W. covering some 11 square miles. The parish … 16th or 17th centuries, the most notable being No. 4 North Quay (48); this and the other principal buildings of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Bootle; containing 208 inhabitants. The parish is … a larger scale, and extended to Haggersgate by a spacious quay, which has been recently extended to the bridge, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Northwich, First division of the hundred of Eddisbury, S. division of the county of Chester, 3 miles (S. W.) from Northwich; containing, with the townships of … a lighthouse have been built on the pier called the Old Quay, which was constructed in the time of Charles II., or …
A Dictionary of London
… - Wild Goose Court Whitefriars Theatre Near the Bishop's house, and formerly the Hall or Refectory of the … (p.323). Whitegate Alley See Widegate Street. Whiteley's Rents See Wheatsheaf Alley, Upper Thames Street. White's … a sign of that name in or adjacent to the street. Wiggin's Quay East of Young's Quay (Leake, 1666-Horwood, 1799). …