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A History of the County of Berkshire
… pilasters and surmounted by a curved pediment. At the east end of the elevation is a square bay. With the exception of … work at the rear. The moat is now crossed by a timber bridge, on the north side of which, placed axially with the … of the manor. 47 When the direct line came to an end in the person of Sir Francis Knollys, who died in 1772, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… eastward from the Seven Bridges to the east of the High Bridge. A mediaeval tradition preserved in one of the … town must have stretched considerably east of the High Bridge, a supposition which is favoured by the position of … of the abbey is indicated by the foundation at the end of the 11th century of St. Giles's Church, 18 in the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Postern is a small round-headed archway at the western end of a considerable length of the town wall in a narrow … corner. Bargate suburb consists of Bargate, the Green and Bridge Street. Bargate is a very steep street opening out of … down towards the river, the continuation near the bridge being known as Bridge Street. The date of the first …
A History of the County of Warwick
… south (left) bank of the river Avon, which is crossed by a bridge carrying the roads to Lutterworth and Leicester and to … ft. above sea-level on the southern edge to 272 ft. by the bridge. The east boundary is formed by the Clifton Brook, … stories and is built in a warm red brick. At the north end a short portion of the frontage is set back considerably …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… example with overhanging stories, and a third at the west end of Quay Street, at its junction with Whitehead Hill, … side of the Ramsdale Valley, which is crossed by the Cliff Bridge, built in 1827, and the Ramsdale Valley Bridge, opened in 1865. Near the Cliff Bridge is the People's …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… settled time before the death of Canute in 1035. By the end of that century there is evidence that the town stood … Lower down the east side of High Street the modern Bridge Street, which leads to the railway station and floating bridge, is an expansion of an ancient lane which ended at a …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and houses in his fee on the Thames and between the Bridge House and the church of St. Olave. 8 There are other … earls in the parish of St. Olave, 9 particularly to the Bridge House, but apparently only this one to their court in … The defendants alleged that the shops, which were at the end of London Bridge, were in Bridge ward. 37 This process …
A History of the County of Surrey
… George's Fields, on the 'turnpike road from Westminster Bridge to Kennington.' Lewis was the first architect, and …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of a rent of 2 marks to be paid by the brethren of London Bridge if these obtained possession of St. Olave's. 5 A … demolished, in 1831, to allow the approach to new London Bridge. 26 Part of the land granted in 1546 became the … of 12th-century fragments of detail lying in the west end of the nave and north aisle all belonged to the nave and …
A History of the County of Surrey
… on the whole, the Roman foundation of the first London Bridge 10; and the present Stoney Street marks the end of the Roman way which led to the crossing. In the … of defence for London, an outpost for the guarding of the bridge. It consequently became very important when the war …