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Old and New London
… inscription relating to the foundation of the church. The steeple is stately and elegant, and very lofty, and in the … which should be preserved in this kind of building. The steeple itself is good, but it is so constructed that it … turrets in front of St. Paul's; indeed, the spire of the steeple of St. Martin's Church being formed by internal …
Old and New London
… round the top, and its summit is adorned with vases. The steeple at the west end is ornamented, with composite columns and capitals. There was at first no steeple designed for the church; only a small campanile, or … was abandoned upon the Queen's death, and the present steeple was erected instead of the campanile, as at first …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… ribbed with oak, supposed to have been done when the steeple was built; but the middle aisles are lighted at the … to have been made by Robert Rhodes, the builder of the steeple; which conjecture is very probable, not only from the … the organist was raised, in 1777, to 50 per annum. 29 THE STEEPLE This is one of the noblest and most admired …
Old and New London
… window, an acrobat descended by a cable from St. Paul's steeple to the anchor of a ship near the Deanery door. In … lights, and the image of St. Katherine, round St. Paul's steeple, and the bells rang. Yet not long after this, when a … was struck by lightning; immediately after, the wooden steeple of St. Paul's started into a flame. The fire burned …
Survey of London
… of severe damage during the war of 193945 and only the steeple remains. The first certain reference to the church … 8 They show the plan, east elevation, west elevation and steeple (in an unfinished 'setting-up') and part-section (two … and churchyard, where the foundations of a church and steeple had been laid and building had been raised above …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 35. G.D.R., T 1/100, 153. Glos. R.O., D 177, Hewelsfield Ct. and Highgrove papers 1892. Kelly's Dir. Glos. (1906), …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1 st Rep. Dean Forest Com. 3, 12-14. Glos. Colln. 15930, ct. 28 Feb. 1742/3. Glos. R.O., D 2026/M 3. Ibid. D 33/104, …
Survey of London
… the chapel of Saint Katherine and Saint Margaret. Cons. Ct. of London, Book i. Palmer. See post, p. 55. Will of Alice …
Survey of London
… Gresham. Sir Thomas Gresham (d. 1579) promised to build a steeple "in recompense of ground in their church filled up … and that only a clock bell hung in the clock tower, or steeple, over the church. On 18th June following it was …