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Old and New London
… Justice of England, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, resided in it. At his death he left it to the "Black" Friars of … who sold it to the Archbishop of York; and his successors in that metropolitan see made it their town residence for … so the palace was never completed." The original drawings, bold in their conception, are preserved at Worcester College, …
Old and New London
… NelsonAnecdote of Mr. CrokerThe Horse GuardsThe Commander-in-Chief's DepartmentPennant's View of the Old Horse … the Admiralty. The present extensive building was erected in the reign of George II., from the designs of Ripley, on … it from the Parade behind the Horse Guards, is at once bold and massive, the principal features being the lofty …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Whittlesford Whittingham WHITTINGHAM, a township, in the ecclesiastical parish of Goosnargh, parish of Kirkham, … containing 691 inhabitants. Warin de Whitington, who lived in the reign of John, held lands in the township, and his descendants held the manor in the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… as far as possible, the riotous meetings such as were in Hyde Park last Sunday. Today it is computed that at least 150,000 people assembled in the park and 600 policemen to oppose them. Upwards of 100 … outlines of the treaty are in the papers. 23. Sunday. Mr Willey of Oxford preached. No news. Warm and very wet. Mr …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Wick WICK, a royal burgh, the county town, and a parish, in the county of Caithness; containing, with Pulteney-Town … Reiss, and Ackergill, 10,393 inhabitants, of whom 1333 are in the town, 16 miles (S. by E.) from Canisbay, 20 (S. E. by … 276 (N.) from Edinburgh. This place, of which the name, in the Celtic language, signifies a village or small town on …
Alumni Oxonienses
… of St. Martin Carfax, Oxford, until his death, buried in the chancel of his church 4 Feb., 1645; brother of Thomas … 1581; rector of Bramber, Sussex, 1582, until his death in 1601. See Woodeson. [Widdrington, (Sir) Thomas son and … 20 Nov., 1623; perhaps incorporated at Cambridge 1638, as Willey. Willett, John s. J(ohn), of Cirencester, co. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Willian Willand (St. Mary) WILLAND ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Tiverton, hundred of Halberton, Collumpton … the lower part of the parish. A pleasurefair is held in September. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in … interior has been renovated within the last fifteen years. Willey WILLEY, a township, in the parish of Presteign, union …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Willey 78 WILLEY (B.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)V, N.E., (b)V, S.E., … or fairly good, unless noted. b(1). Willey Old Hall, in the E. part of the parish, is built partly of stone and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Willey WILLEY Willey was a small parish on the edge of the … that altered the parish's essentially rural character. In the mid 19th century Willey was said to be a 'simple, … of the Willey fault. 75 WILLEY IN 1618 The highway from Bold to Willey was mentioned in 1316. 76 In 1618 the …
Statutes of the Realm
… for a Grant to Their Majestyes of an Ayd of Two shillings in the Pound for One Yeare. [Rot. Parl. pt. 2.] The Reasons … Fleming Sir Edward Mosely Knights Thomas Cotton Peter Bold Thomas Norris Peter Leigh Roger Noell Roger Kirby Thomas … Griffith of Careg Lloid John Owen of Penchose [John 135] Bold William Meirick John Grosvenor Conisby Williams Owen …