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Old and New London
… XLV. WHITEHALL.THE BUILDINGS DESCRIBED. SIR HENRY LEE OF DITCHLEY. ( From a Portrait by Basire.) "Donec templa … Earl of Kent, resided in it. At his death he left it to the "Black" Friars of Holborn, who sold it to the … extent of the palace early in the sixteenth century may be formed from the following description of it which occurs …
Old and New London
… death imperfect and defac'd." Storer's Metrical History of Wolsey. Wallingford HousePope's Lines on the Death-bed … public importance. First of all we have, nearly opposite to Scotland Yard, the building known to all officers of Her … entablature, and enriched with marine ornaments. It must be owned that the heavy structure, as a whole, is better …
Magna Britannia
… town in Cumberland, and the most populous in the North of England except Newcastle and York, has no parochial … Whyttothaven ( i. e. White-toft-haven), which had belonged to the priory of St. Bees, was purchased in his father's … the small tithes of St. Bees, the profits of which are to be divided in equal portions between the ministers of the …
Survey of London
… runs north and south and now reaches from Windmill Street to Warren Street traversing the three estates described in the introduction to this section of the parish. It was formerly John Street (from Windmill … of the entrance thresholds. Much the same treatment could be seen in Nos. 91 to 111. These houses (also much damaged) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WHITTINGHAM, a township, in the ecclesiastical parish of Goosnargh, parish of Kirkham, hundred of Amounderness, N. … the middle of the last century. The estate passed by sale to the Pedders, of Preston. Whittingham Hall is now the … is in a most dilapidated state, and has long ceased to be available for an inn; its sign is now borne by a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 74 SW, c SP 64 NE, d SP 64 SE) The parish, once a chapelry of Greens Norton, covers some 1000 hectares and is heavily … quern and several Greek and Roman coins. These are thought to have been part of a modern collection and not to indicate … S.E. corner, leading to other buildings which appear to be barns. On a later map of about 1767 (NRO) the same details …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… 27. Began 'Toast rack'. Cold day. In the evening went to Mr Swinfens at Kennington. No news whatever. 28. Sunday. … Rev. J. Aldis, and in the evening staid at home on account of my cough. Cold and dry. No news. 29. Went on with 'Toast … not wanting an inquiry, resigned. However, there will be one. The Queen sent for Lord Derby, but he refused to try …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… 1st. Went out, and on with Pantheon. No news. There seems to be a determined attempt to patch up a disgraceful and … that the war has done us (the engravers) a great deal of harm, but we would not have a bad peace on account of … as also of the veins, which was proved by a post mortem examination. Ivall and Large were coach and harness makers in …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… with map, altered diagram etc. Fine. 3. Finished map, went to Gas Inspectors, drew letters on railway map, cut up wood … etc. There has just been opened for traffic a new branch of the North Eastern Railway (from Durham to Bishop Auckland) … for the Houses of Parliament is now lying, so that it may be seen, in Palace Yard. That astonishing pile of buildings …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Diary, January-June 1858 Diary. BOOK 5. Jan. 1 st 1858 to Dec 4 th 1858 inclusive. Jan. 1. 1858. Cut up wood, put … been the greatest distress among all classes in all parts of the country. Let us try to be proportionably grateful. 2. Went to Rowney's, cut up wood, …