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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in east London Camberwell 3. CAMBERWELL. (O.S. 6 in. London, Sheet O.) The Borough of Camberwell is … parish of Camberwell. Ecclesiastical (1) Parish Church of St. Giles was entirely rebuilt in 1844 on the site of the … and partly restored. ConditionRe-built. (2) Church of St. Antholin, on the S. side of Nunhead Lane, Peckham, is a …
Old and New London
… Time of the ConquestDescent of the ManorSir Thomas Bond's HouseThe Bowyer FamilyBowyer Lane, now Wyndham RoadThe … the parish church has been dedicated from Saxon times to St. Giles, the especial patron of cripples, it has been … original possessors, and the brethren of the hospital of St. Thomas, Southwark, held the manor of Milkwell, and …
The Environs of London
… Name. Etymology. The name of this parish, in the Conqueror's Survey, is written Cambrewelle; in most of the records of a … The parish is bounded by those of Newington-Butts, St. George-Southwark, and Rotherhithe on the east; by … III.; Nehemiah Lambert, schoolmaster, who died in 1700; Jacob Coleby, schoolmaster, who died in 1651; Anthony …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… called away by the tidings of the Earl of Gloucester's success, he left Cambridge without a garrison, in … churches injured; in 1294, another conflagration destroyed St. Mary's church, and many of the adjoining houses. In 1630, … Lexicon; Waller; Dean Stanhope; Christopher Anstey; Jacob Bryant; and Horace, Earl of Orford. Queen's College …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… varies in character and elevation. On the right bank (S.E. side) it is a gravel spread, some 30 ft. above sea level … those who lived on the left bank, from Castle Hill to the St. John's salient where the later bridge was sited. Few … of its inhabitants will have been centred at Verulamium (St. Albans) in the time of Tasciovan (30 B.C.A.D. 5) 12; his …
Survey of London
… can be followed in the maps of the period. Tompson's map shows the commencement of building on the north side of … to the college. The cemetery acquired in 1803 for St. Martinin-the-Fields, is not shown as it was not opened … upon. After 1834 development was more rapid. The Church of St. Paul, Camden Square, was built in 184749, and St. …
Old and New London
… Working SchoolThe Dominican MonasteryGospel OakSt. Martin's ChurchKentish Town: its Buildings and its ResidentsGreat … seats of the ducal owner, near Bedford. In this square is St. Matthew's Church, a large and handsome Gothic building, … 'The Shrew of Kentish Town.' Her father's name was Jacob Bingham, by trade a brickmaker in the neighbourhood of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Camden-Town CAMDEN-TOWN, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Pancras, Holborn division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex, 3 miles (N. W.) from St. Paul's; containing 14,987 inhabitants. This place takes its name …
Survey of London
… road (now Holland Park Avenue), was conveyed by Horseman's son to James Necton, who appears to have been a cousin, and … on (and some finished houses) were sold to Rice Ives of St. Marylebone, a wine merchant. 34 After this date the … been demolished and plans drawn up by Mortimore Timpson, a St. Pancras builder, who was also involved in the development …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is briefly as follows. In 1896 the Rev. Richard Clarke, S.J., who had taken his degree as a member of St. John's College in 1860 and had rowed for the Varsity in … this hall was opened under Fr. Clarke's direction at 40 St. Giles's. The house proved to be too small, and 15 months …