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A History of the County of Middlesex
… a turret clock with a pendulum for the church of St. Paul, Covent Garden, which was afterwards destroyed by … musical clocks and watches; Francis Magniac (1770-94) of St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, a maker of complicated clocks … and was buried in the south-west corner of Hampstead churchyard. His tomb, which was restored by the Clockmakers' …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… them to stand at the "Maypole" in the Strand,' where St. Mary's Church now is. A patent (No. 3) was granted to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the construction of the magnificent Beauchamp Chapel in St. Mary's Church, Warwick, as a last resting-place for the … refugees who fled from their country after the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572 were some who brought with them the … notices of the following firms:-Price, Sherrard Street, St. James's, 1779-89; Stanfield & Co., successors to Orpin, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to the north of London, passing to the eastward of old St. Pancras Church, along what is now the Hornsey Road, went … of the London Docks (1805), the East India Docks (1806), St. Katharine's Dock (1828). Since those days dock extension … of Whitechapel, a small piece of Mile End, and a part of St. George's-in-the-East.' 10 Here is congregated a compact …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 2 'at the Golden Ball opposite the little south door of St. Paul's, in St. Paul's Church-yard, for half a crown each … in high reputation, was in business at this time in the churchyard of St. Margaret's Westminster. No other … Stephen's Walbrook (1760); Gravesend, Kent (1764); St. Michael's Queenhithe (1779); St. Mary's Aldermary (1781); 89 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of seizing the rags sold at rag shops in Clerkenwell, St. Giles's Cripplegate, Shoreditch, Whitechapel, Stepney, and St. Katharine's, to prevent their being sold to make paper. 6 … 1787 Samuel Hooper, a bookseller and stationer of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, patented 12 'a new method of making …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… The firm had a retail shop in Cornhill and a warehouse at St. Katharine's near the Tower. 7 Among the artists whom they … things for them; he was a chaser originally. George Michael Moser, who died in 1783, was the head of his … of the Bow China Works had a warehouse at 28 St. Paul's Churchyard. The business must have dwindled down into …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of some French workmen brought over from the factories of St. Cloud or Chantilly. Some curious information as to the … in any Shape whatsoever with the Goods expos'd to Sale in St. James's Street, called the Chelsea China Warehouse. N. … in any shape whatsoever in the Goods exposed to Sale in St. James's-street, called The Chelsea China Warehouse, in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Memorial now stands. Caxton remained a parishioner of St. Margaret's until his death in 1491. The parish accounts … house with the sign of the 'Three Kings,' in the parish of St. Clement Danes, without Temple Bar. In 1515 the colophon … he had removed to a house with the same sign in St. Paul's Churchyard, at the west door of the Cathedral, by the Bishop …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Moreels, 'tapitsier,' and Roelandt de Mets, living in St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the first of these is probably the …