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Old and New London
… ROAD.THE SURREY THEATRE, SURREY CHAPEL, &c. Formation of Blackfriars RoadThe Surrey Theatre, originally the "Royal … in 1805The Amphitheatre rebuilt, and under the Management of EllistonThe Manager in a FixThe Theatre burnt down in … subsequently been declared informal, as coming under the Statute of Mortmain, the bequest reverted to Hackney College, …
Old and New London
… And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent." Macaulay's Ballad of " The Armada." Situation and … aldermen, and citizens of London, with all the foreign merchants resident in the City, and escorted in grand state … II., for the enlarging the highway, according to the statute made in the time of King Edward I., so that they …
Survey of London
… Green and Wigram Years, c181943 After 1815 the fortunes of English shipbuilding improved and Blackwall Yard prospered again. Not only did the building and repairing of East Indiamen return to the yard after the European peace … is now the largest establishment anywhere for repairing merchants shipping, and in time of war has been extremely …
Survey of London
… Blackwall Yard in 1987, it brought to an end a tradition of shipbuilding and shiprepairing on this site which had begun over 350 years before with the laying-out of a shipyard here in the second decade of the seventeenth … of Blackwall Yard The 'Governor and Company of London Merchants trading into the East Indies' were first granted a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Blackwater BLACKWATER, a large village, in the parish of Yately, hundred of Crondall, Odiham and N. divisions of … name in the reign of Edward III., in the 31st of which a statute was passed for the regulation of the fish trade, … to a large extent, and attracted a great number of German merchants, several of whom fixed their residence in the town. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bladon Local government Local goverment In 1279 John of London, who held Bladon manor at farm for life, had a three-weekly court and the view of frankpledge at Bladon, to which neither the sheriff nor … repairing the butts or practising shooting, as required by statute. 36 Eighteenth- and 19th-century courts dealt only …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… largest town described in this volume, stands in a curve of the R. Stour which bounds it to S. and W. The land varies … in altitude between 100 ft. and 200 ft. above O.D. and is of Valley Gravel and Chalk. Habitation probably originated in … were designed for wealthier professional men and leading merchants. They are rectangular in plan and narrow enough to …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… 1631. King's servant 1631. Surgeon. BS 1658.) Period of medical practice 1606-1658 Place of birth Amsterdam Date of death Apr 1658 Address Bartholomew … and imprisoned and so in accordance with custom and the Statute they committed him to the prison called "ye Counter …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Blaston BLASTON Blaston lies eight miles north-east of Market Harborough and five miles south-west of Uppingham (Rut.) in the valley of a small stream which is a tributary of the brook flowing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1086 when woodland attached to the nearby royal manor of Wootton was said to be in the king's enclosure ( in … built the first park wall c. 1110, and within its circuit of 7 miles kept beasts of the chase and exotic animals, including a porcupine. 31 …