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Old and New London
… Pyx"Robbing of the TreasuryLittlington TowerSt. Catharine's ChapelThe Little CloisterThe King's Jewel HouseThe Great CloisterBurial-place of the … was deposited the Cottonian Library (now in the British Museum), which had a narrow escape of being destroyed by fire …
Old and New London
… Sanctuary describedThe "Quaker" TavernThe AlmonrySt. Anne's ChapelThe Gate House Prison, and its Distinguished InmatesThe Bishop of London's PrisonCaxton, and the first Printing-press in EnglandList … preserved as articles of curiosity in Sir Hans Sloane's Museum. Once more, in 1701, the Kentish men sent to …
Old and New London
… "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 SchoolDr. … increased by purchases from the duplicates of the British Museum. That Westminster as a school is proud of its royal …
Old and New London
… England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn Dryden's Fondness for Mulberry TartsArlington HouseThe House … House purchased by George III., and called the "Queen's House"Northouck's Description of Buckingham House in the … years the cartoons of Raphael (now in the South Kensington Museum). They were transferred to Windsor Castle, and …
Old and New London
… Residents in King StreetOliver Cromwell's MotherA Strange Incident in the Life of CromwellKing … StreetGreat George StreetLying in State of Lord Byron's BodyInstitution of Civil EngineersNational Portrait … the wall of Ram's Mews. Among the Cole MSS. in the British Museum is a copy of a letter written by Cromwell at Dunbar, …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and WashhousesMechanics' … reading-rooms, class-rooms for drawing and music, a museum, and a library. JUDGE JEFFREYS' HOUSE IN DUKE STREET. …
Old and New London
… Fields in the time of Charles I.Westminster FairSt. Edward's FairTothill StreetStrutton GroundSouthern, the Dramatic … and New Pye StreetsThe BroadwayYork StreetVan Dun's AlmshousesMilton's ResidenceEmmanuel HospitalWestminster … London Wall, and Assistant Librarian in the British Museum. The most valuable endowments of this ancient charity …
A History of the County of Somerset
… between the rivers Cary, since displaced by the King's Sedgemoor Drain, and Parrett. 6 The parish includes the … away north across Land moor to 4 m. (13 ft.) at King's Sedgemoor Drain, west to 5 m. (16 ft.) beyond Penzoy, and … to the south. The old pumping station is preserved as a museum. 4 In the 1860s there were disputes with Chedzoy over …
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 … of ye towne is caste' (copy of old map in Dorset County Museum, c. 153947); the N. limit was approximately on the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Hatching Green (Hacche End Grene) in Harpenden, Marshall's Heath near Mackerye End, Bower Heath (Bourehethe) to the … of world-wide renown. With the exception of Boussingault's station in Alsace, this is the earliest experimental … in the kiln are now preserved at the Hertfordshire County Museum, St. Albans. In 1573 a potter was presented at the …