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Survey of London
… the staple items of recreation and was carried on in the Tilt Yard (on the site of the Horse Guards), other amusements … is named Weittholl. In front of it we first saw the tilt-yard, besides a ball-house, where they play at … the Park. 11 One of the tennis courts was next to the tilt-yard gallery. 12 This was probably the little open …
Survey of London
… had, however, been eliminated by the invention of the "tilt," originally a cloth stretched along the middle of the … there happened a Fire in the Horse guard House, in the Tilt-yard, over against Whitehal, which at first arising, as … and bares unto, setting up posts and a raile Cross the tilt yard. Putting up railes in ye parke to tye the doggs …
Old and New London
… Carr. When a handsome boy he had been injured in a tilt, and had attracted the king's attention. James, eager to …
Old and New London
… gilt, and 'was kept,' says Sir S. Meyrick, 'in the tilt-yard, where it was exhibited on particular days.' It …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Salop, pleb. Oriel Coll., matric. 8 July, 1586, aged 23. Tilt, John s. Joh., of Worcester (city), gent. Magdalen Hall, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (early), Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late). Tilt of vinegar [tylt of vinegar] The OED suggests under Tilt that the term was used for a barrel or similar container …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… manor of East Greenwich, with the Queen's house, the Old Tilt yard, the Queen's garden, in trust for the Queen during …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… Earl of Romney, together with Greenwich Park, the Old Tilt Yard and the Queen's Garden next adjoining to the said … between the said park, the Queen's Garden and the Old Tilt Yard, and extending from the entrance of Fryer's Road to … the Queen's House, together with the park there, the Old Tilt Yard, Queen's Garden and a piece of ground formerly used …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… and park there, and of the piece of ground called the Old Tilt Yard and Queen's Garden, and the piece of ground … lying between the Park and Queen's Garden and the Old Tilt Yard. [ Crown Lease Book II. 65.] 429. Same from same to …