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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Westcote WESTCOTE, a hamlet, in the parish of Tysoe, union of Shipston-on-Stour, Kington division of the hundred of Kington, Southern division of the county of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in length from its northernmost point by the Grandstand of the Goodwood racecourse, at a height of 534 ft., to its southernmost point, where Stane Street emerges from the municipal borough of Chichester, at a level of about 50 ft.; its average width …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Weston Westmancoate WESTMANCOATE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bredon, union of Tewkesbury, Middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Pershore and E. divisions of …
Old and New London
… CHAPTER HOUSE, CLOISTERS, DEANERY, &c. THE CHAPEL OF THE PYX. "There was the Chapter-house, wrought as a … Chapter HouseIts former usesIts RestorationThe Chapel of "The Pyx"Robbing of the TreasuryLittlington TowerSt. … &c.'" Widmore, too, informs us that "in May, 1553, the commissioners for gathering ecclesiastical goods carried away …
Survey of London
… Restoration but were vigorously resisted by the citizens of London, and it is significant that in granting a loan of … 148 The Act appointed a number of influential persons as commissioners and provided for 625,000 to be raised by a … sale of 5 tickets from which 100,000 was to be paid to the commissioners. Three amending Acts were needed before the …
Survey of London
… BRIDGE ROAD [See plates 44, 45 and 46.] For the formation of the bridge approach on the Surrey side the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge, between 1740 and 1746, … Row, with a street frontage of 360 feet, was leased by the Commissioners in 1751 to John Lambert. 155 In 1785 the New …
Old and New London
… HALL.INCIDENTS IN ITS PAST HISTORY. " The Great Hall of Westminster, the field Where mutual frauds are fought, and … for him, and "with a stern countenance surveyed the commissioners for the mock trial, amidst a total hush." When … art which had been made for the purpose of assisting the Commissioners on the Fine Arts in the selection of the …
Old and New London
… EdgithaA Monastic School in the "Dark Ages"The Beginning of Westminster SchoolHenry VIII.'s Additions to the … FoundationThe School as founded by Queen ElizabethElection of Queen's Scholars"Challenges"Proposed removal of the … public schools. The new arrangements of the Public School Commissioners have not made any alteration in the number of …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… ten years. Henry VIII established it by letters patent of 17 December 1540, in accordance with the statute 31 Hen. … of the chapter. The Reports issued by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1835 and 1836, embodied in the statute 3 & 4 … deanery £2,979 (average of seven years to 1834) ( Rept. of Commissioners on Ecclesiastical Revenues [67] p. 6, H.C. …
Old and New London
… the Palace than the Park." Pope. Storey's GateOrigin of "Birdcage Walk"The Wellington BarracksOrigin of the GuardsMr. Harrington's HouseOffice of the Duchy of LancasterSt. James's Park in the Reign of …