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Alumni Oxonienses
… Cholmondeley, Cheshire, created a baronet 29 June, 1611, high sheriff of Cheshire 1621, M. P. 1625, created Viscount … Underwood 1657, ejected for nonconformity 1662, died at High Wycombe 24 Feb., 1701, brother of John 1650. See … knighted, P.C. and treasurer of the household 1668, lord high treasurer 1672-3, M.P. Totnes 1660, until created Baron …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 20 August and 21 October, for horses and cattle; also on Easter Tuesday and the first Saturday in September, continued … ft. long by 16 ft. 6 in. wide, with a ceiling 8 ft. 6 in. high crossed by three oak beams. The fireplace is 12 ft. 6 … by one of the great bays, is a charming apartment 9 ft. high panelled all round in oak to within a foot of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the road to Lymington. The harbour is accessible only at high tides to vessels drawing not more than from five to six … harbour, as in the neighbouring port of Poole, there is high water twice at every tide, a peculiarity arising from … Saturday: the fairs, chiefly for cattle and sheep, are on Easter-Tuesday, the third Tuesday and Wednesday in June, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Cobham, marginal inscription, modern; (2) of a woman, with high-waisted gown and head-veil, c. 1450, indents of man's … The original central chimney-stack has diagonal pilasters. High Street, E. side b (11). The Red Cow Inn, house and barn, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… half-way between the gatehouse and the N.W. tower and high up in the cross-wall is an original window now only … between these windows rises the weathering of the former high-pitched roofs of the four arms of the church; the stage … form wall-arches only. In the S. wall, at the high level, is a restored early 14th-century window of five …
A History of the County of Oxford
… have to be destroyed, but the agents must not give too high a price. By his legatine power Wolsey has transferred … the lower stages of the present Tom Tower) within 4 ft. as high as the lodgings. On the south side the rooms running … foundation of the hall itself is in most places 5 or 6 ft. high. On the north side the foundations of the intended …
Survey of London
… his will leaving his tenements in Axe Yard and Borough High Street, and his lands in Newington and St. George's … Brick Pile" 75 feet long, 51 feet broad and 26 feet high. "The Steeple (wherein are eight very tunable Bells, … of this Parish) is one hundred and twenty five Foot high." "The Roof is supported by Tuscan Pillars, and the Nave …
Survey of London
… feet long and 35 feet wide, has a low clerestory over the high arcades which open to the aisles, each intended to … but has the character of a triumphal arch (Plate 28b). The high and narrow central arch is flanked by wide piers, each … followed is basically symmetrical (Plates 17, 18, 26). The high wall of the aisle is divided by vertical breaks into …
Survey of London
… middle bay of the front. This tower was to consist of a high pedestal-course, flanked by concave-curving buttresses … of the churchyard with a plain wall not exceeding 7 ft. high was ordered in July 1725. 118 In April 1726 plans for … in April 1788: the seven tunes chosen in November were the Easter Hymn, Hymn of Eve, Lass of Pattie's Mill, Sir Chas. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… the main entablature containing elaborate carvings in high relief of foliage and palm-branches pierced and … floor to ceiling with original oak panelling, five panels high with a bracketed plinth and an entablature with …