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Old and New London
… Dean StreetTufton StreetRoyal Architectural MuseumA Cock-pitGreat Peter StreetSt. Matthew's ChurchThe Residence … BenthamMr. Towneley's RunionsThe "Three Johns"The Cock-pit in Birdcage WalkDistinguished Residents in … a building devoted to the brutal and unmanly amusement of cock-fighting. It comprised a large circular area, with a …
Old and New London
… PoetDrinking-houses in the Olden TimeThe Old Swan-yardThe "Cock" TavernRoyal Aquarium and Summer and Winter GardenOld … oldest taverns in the metropolis, bearing the sign of "The Cock," surrounding a quaint old inn-yard, stood till 1871, on … in pledge, at some remote period, for an unpaid score. The cock may have been adopted as a sign here on account of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… I.C., 1706. In nave (2) to the four children of John [Al]cock, 17th-century. Font (Plate 8): octagonal bowl with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is a cupboard with some late 16th-century panelling and cock'shead hinges; the fireplace is of c. 1660, and has a … is a doorway with a rough four-centred head. d (47). The Cock Inn, on the W. side of the road, 110 yards S.W. of (46), …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… and a wide fireplace, partly blocked. W. side (9). The Cock Inn, 200 yards S. of the church, is of two storeys, …
A Dictionary of London
… 1445 (Cal. L. Bk. K. p.310). Not further identified. White Cock Alley South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of … 1586 as the messuage, then a dye-house, called the "White Cock," now Angel Passage (q.v.) (L. and M. Arch. Soc. V. 462). White Cock Court East out of Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (O. …
Old and New London
… saluted them, and asked them to drink. Carlisle turned to cock the pistol he had prepared, then wheeled round, and …
Old and New London
… south side of a detached pile of buildings leading to the Cock-pit, not far from the top of King Street. Pepys, in his …
Old and New London
… as a Royal ResidencePartial Restoration of the PalaceThe Cock-pitCromwell and Sir Roger L'EstrangeDeath of Oliver … Record in an Old Parish RegisterGeorge Monk at the Cock-pitFashionable Life under the … his taste on a reluctant architect." There were two "cock-pits" in the neighbourhood of this palace; the one on …
Old and New London
… to the buildings; and he likewise ordered a tenniscourt, a cock-pit, and bowling-greens to be formed, "with other … park, and on the rest he erected a tennis-court, a cock-pit, a bowling-alley, a long stone gallerywhich was for … is stated in the "New View of London" (1708), was termed "Cock-pit Gate," and it is said to have been "an …