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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… beneath the western ridge of the Cotswold hills. The old town, which stood in the rear of the present, was … by fire in the reign of John; the site is still termed the Old Town, and a spot there, called the Brands, is … and consists of five streets, besides the site of the old town; the houses are in general well built, and of neat …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… coursed rubble, was built as a house and shop in 1849. The street front has a round-headed doorway, plain window …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… square shafts, and another stack at the E. end is probably old, but is hidden by ivy. Two rooms have original … brick; the roofs are tiled. Two of the cottages have old windows and chimney stacks. ConditionFairly good. c(6). …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… is modern. The Organ-chamber is modern, but has some old detail re-set in it. In the E. wall is a window, said to … it is almost entirely restored, but part of the sill is old, and contains the bowl of a piscina (see Fittings). The … but of two lights; only the openings of the windows are old; between them is the 14th-century S. doorway with jambs …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Roman road called WreckenDyke, which here crosses the old turnpike-road from Newcastle to Durham. Wreckington Hall … when the present church was raised on the site of the old parochial church. There are still some remains of the … John Locke, the eminent philosopher, was born in an old thatched house on the north side of the churchyard, in …
A Dictionary of London
… brasineo" called the "Wrastelars" in Aldrichegate street in parishof St. Botolph Without Aldrichegate, I Ed. … business purposes. Wrestlers' Court South out of Camomile Street at No.2 (P.O Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within. … (S. 152, 172), from which this Court took its name. Wright Street See Lancaster Place. Wright's Buildings North out of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… head with a moulded label. The North Porch has old walls, but the outer archway and the windows are entirely … date 1640, etc. The roof of the N. nave chapel has plain old timbers, one re-used. The 15th-century roof of the S. … date, but painted, and perhaps modern. The W. tower has old timbers re-used in the first floor. The N. porch has a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish … the river Tern, and the road from Allscott to Watling Street at Norton. The western boundary of the parish and of … boundary largely follows the original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of … supposed to have been a bridge. The Roman Watling-street passed through the centre of the station, and crossed … flows into the Thames below Marlow. It has one principal street, on the road from London to Oxford, from which some …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… distance. On the south it was bounded by Watling Street. The northern boundary was that part of the ancient … the inhabitants received poor relief, 33 and in 1931 the old-fashioned New Yard works closed with the loss of 1,000 … Nabb. 40 In 1851 the Lilleshall Co. began to replace the old railways with a private standard-gauge network, which …