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A History of the County of Surrey
… within the Rules. The sum of 7,800 was granted to erect a new prison, 75 which stood on the site now marked by the … Causeway to Great Cumber Court. He ordered that the New Gaol in Southwark and the highway between it and the … names of Horsleydown Stairs, Jerusalem Wharf, Horsleydown New Stairs and St. Saviour's Dock, known as Savory Dock in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the bailiffs, he had upon his own authority proclaimed the new officers as if they had been regularly and unanimously … After 1553 there were two authorities in the borough, the new common council and the court leet. The first book of … Hence, at the end of the 16th century there arose a new demand for a borough court leet. 29 The only criminal …
A History of the County of Warwick
… lower part, c. 1310; (2) the widening of the nave, with new arcades, and the rebuilding and widening of the north … angels with shields, from the roof, are preserved in New Place Museum. The chancel (about 28 ft. by 16 ft. … figures rising from the grave. In the dexter half is the new Zion with St. Peter at the gate admitting the Elect, who …
A History of the County of Warwick
… however, rejected, and meanwhile Combe had embarked upon a new series of encroachments. In the summer of 1615 and again … and included the land beyond the Gild Pits on which the 'New Town' soon afterwards grew up. The inclosure of Shottery … portf. 26, no. 28, fol. 4. Hearth Tax Returns. The new building of 6 hearths which is probably the mill, was …
A History of the County of Warwick
… guest of Susanna Hall, Shakespeare's grand-daughter, at New Place 12 and the occasion was celebrated by bell-ringing … and Cheshire, as Dantzick is to Poland'. 83 The new waterway would link one of the richest corn-growing … of the Stour and the Avon, where a 'city', which he called New Haarlem, might be built capable of employing 10,000 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… a renewal of their original charter. 19 The draft of a new charter, drawn up about 1600 but never issued, actually … Street and Wood Street and was finally pulled down when a new Market House, now Barclays Bank, was built at the top of … 79 The first recorded use of brick at Stratford is at New Place, 'a praty howse of brike and tymbar' 80 built by …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the same year John Woodward died holding the borough of 'New Stratford' of the Queen. 18 These tenancies suggest the … the corporation resolved to seek his help in obtaining a new charter, 19 but in the following March the manor was sold … he seems to have retired to Stratford, where he built New Place and made the public benefactions by which he is now …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of visitors anxious to see Shakespeare's mulberry tree in New Place Garden drove the owner, the Rev. Francis Gastrell, … who purchased it. When Gastrell, in a fit of pique, caused New Place to be demolished altogether in 1759 he was forced … his friends among the leading inhabitants to meet him. The new Town Hall was then just finished and it was regretted …
A History of the County of Warwick
… used in Sutton comes from wells and boreholes sunk in the New Red Sandstone and Pebble Beds in the Streetly district by … traffic, and also at Penns, for Walmley. 22 Apart from New Hall and Moor House Farm there are few buildings of … wing on the east side has a stone inscribed 1671 M M. New Shipton Farm, mile south-west of the last, is a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1554 the queen refounded the charity, appointing nine new almsmen and declaring that when a vacancy occurred the … was to be paid. 4 By the late 17th century the choice of new almsmen appears to have lain entirely with the … trustees pulled down three of their houses and built three new ones with a loan, on the repayment of which they were …