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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Cole's account of the church in 1748 to commemorate Joan Swan, who died in 1497 and was the mother of two successive …
Survey of London
… (at No. 40), the Brunswick Arms (at No. 78) and the White Swan (at No. 130). 235 The White Swan and the Brunswick Arms eventually became fully fledged … known as the 'Dromedary' and thus perhaps a Fairbairn 'swan-neck' crane. 244 After proving houses were made subject …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… 259 by 1901 and, with fluctuations, to 205 by 1971. 29 The Swan inn in the village at the junction with the road from … the village. 30 The latter had closed by 1891 31 and the Swan was the only public house in the village in 1976. An inn …
Old and New London
… and Private TheatresThe Rose TheatreBen JonsonThe Hope and Swan TheatresParis GardenBear-baitingPrize-fightingSamuel … are the Paris Gardens, and the Globe, the Hope, and the Swan Theatres. And besides these, there are the stately … our last Tudor and our first Stuart sovereign: "Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters …
Old and New London
… to sit his horse; whilst hare-hunting and a feast on a fat swan are more to him than the rule of St. Benedict and the … his resorts); the 'Duke of Suffolk's Head,' 1669; and the 'Swan with Two Necks'properly 'Nicks.'" See "Collections of …
Old and New London
… the magistrates, previous to which time they sat at the "Swan Inn," which was afterwards converted into a private …
Old and New London
… conferred on him the Lancastrian badge of the Silver Swan. "Of the rest of his life," writes Dr. R. Pauli, in his …
Survey of London
… and garlands, and an enriched dentilled cornice with a swan-necked-scrolled pediment (Plate 98b). Two other builders …
A Dictionary of London
… 37 H. VIII. 1545 (L. and P. H. VIII. XX. (2), p.226). The Swan is shown in O. and M. 1677 on the north side of Holborn … by offices and business houses. Stable Yard See Two Swan Yard, Bishopsgate. Stable Yard On the east side of …
Old and New London
… freestone pavement. Next to Ship Yard are these courts: Swan Court, very small; Star Court, indifferent, good, and …