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Survey of London Monograph
… war brought a halt to all such work. 1 After the war the high cost of building inhibited any further progress towards … by the presence outside his window of the seven-foot high 'piece of statuary comprising two figures in the nude an …
Old and New London
… The church was built about 1865. It is noted for its "High Church" or ritualistic services. St. Mary's Church, in … transept is lit by a magnificent window, about thirty feet high, and the choir has an apse with seven lancet windows. … of Stoke Newington which lies on the eastern side of the high road to Tottenham; but modern Hackney, considered as an …
Old and New London
… throughout; it is ventilated by a shaft nearly 150 feet high, and is supplied with water from an artesian well which … hid from the sight of their fellow-prisoners by a high partition, but, at the same time, able to see the … in front. The stone, an upright block about three feet high, resting upon a circular slab of stone, is enclosed by …
Old and New London
… house at Hoxton," as it was popularly calleda melancholy high-roofed dingy building, enclosed by high wallscame to be occupied as a private lunatic asylum. … connecting the main street of Hackney with the high road at Stoke Newington. De Beauvoir Town is that part …
Old and New London
… extending from Kingsland Road to Stamford Hill, on the high road from London to Cambridge, and containing at that … guardian eye Marked each pure thought, ere registered on high, Still, still ye walk the consecrated ground, And … at the top of Stamford Hill. The western side of the High Road, as far as Stamford Hill, formed, till recently, …
Old and New London
… The edifice, we may add, stands in the middle of the high road, the houses receding slightly from the straight … converted to business purposes. On the north side of the high road, at a short distance westward of Bow Church, stands …
Old and New London
… "It will not be long ere we shall be at Tottenham High Cross; and when we come thither, I will make you some … Chapel of St. AnneThe "Seven Sisters"The Village GreenThe High CrossThe River Lea at TottenhamBleak HallOld … This village, or, as it is generally called, Tottenham High Cross, is described at some length in the "Ambulator" …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… Castle. It is 180 ft. in diameter at the base and 40 ft. high with a flat top 70 ft. across. Trees on the slopes and … to remain, are 89 ft. to 103 ft. wide, 24 ft. to 26 ft. high externally, and 17 ft. internally. Most of the bailey, …
Old and New London
… the pettiest larceny, and even offences committed on the high seas. The jurisdiction comprises the whole of the … 1856; and seven pirates, convicted of murder on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of … in the beginning, that this court, or any court below the High Court of Parliament, hath no jurisdiction of their …
Survey of London
… of princes, courtiers and hangers-on. 3 But most of those, high or low, drawn in to the vortex of court life were … the mid nineteenth century Kensington, then once again in high fashion, even acquired the sobriquet of The Old Court … ranged above the village a little to the north of the high road from London to Brentford. Throughout the parish …