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The Environs of London
… of the land-tax is included in that of Wilsdon. Paddington canal. The new canal, about to be made from the Colne at … says the record of Doomsday, "Gueri, a canon of St. Paul's, holds two hides. The land is one carucate and a half, two … hogs." The manor was then valued at 30s., in King Edward's time at 20s. only. It is described as parcel of the ancient …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… those represented by Stonebridge in Willesden and Vicar's bridge a short way west of West Twyford in Alperton. 5 The Paddington branch of the Grand Junction canal was driven across the north-east quarter of West … 1820s and was obliterated by the building of the G.W.R.'s Birmingham line in 1904; its course was nearly followed by …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… a small iron mission hall in Abbey Road, south of the canal, c. 1905; it was replaced by factory buildings between 1938 and 1942. 24 Holmes, W. Twyford; O.S. Map 6", Mdx. XVI. NW. (1938 edn.); Kelly's Dir. Lond. (1942). It was not listed in 1903: Mudie-Smith, …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Magdalen Hall, matric. 19 Nov., 1650; bar.-at-law, Gray's Inn, 1660, as son of Thomas, of Woodmancote, Sussex, gent. See Foster's Judges and Barristers. [ 5] West, Christopher of Devon, … B.D. dispd. 27 Jan., 1506-7, "he is to give each necessary regent master 'unum pilium.'" See O.H.S. i. 44. Weyman, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of a large but scattered Crown estate which owed one night's farm; before 1086 outlying parts, totalling 25 hides, in … de Mynors to hold by the service of a sore goshawk or 20 s. annual rent. Roger was succeeded by his son William, and … stone pavilion standing at the south end of the western canal, comprising an open ground floor with columns …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Southern division of the county of Warwick, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Kington; containing 23 inhabitants. … inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 7. 12. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … for the roads. An extension of the Gloucester and Ledbury canal to Hereford skirts the parish. The Court, formerly the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by Edward II. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 22. 4. 2., and in the gift of G. Courthope, Esq.: … hundred of Braughin, county of Hertford, 1 mile (S. by E.) from Buntingford; containing 425 inhabitants. It … The county derives considerable benefit from the Lancaster canal, which, commencing at Kendal, proceeds for some …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in West London Westminster 16. WESTMINSTER. (O.S. 6 in. London, Sheet K.) The city of Westminster comprises … stands at the N. corner of Kingly Street and Chapel Court, Regent Street. The walls are of brick, the E. wall is … end of the nave, and a small West Tower; a modern front to Regent Street was built in 1823 by C. R. Cockerell, but this …
Old and New London
… "Dark Ages"The Beginning of Westminster SchoolHenry VIII.'s Additions to the FoundationThe School as founded by Queen … PlayEdmund Curll's Piracy of a School OrationThe Prince Regent and the Marquis of AngleseyThe College GardensThe … cubicula. It is said that the Prince of Wales, when Prince Regent, soon after the battle of Waterloo, attended "the …
Old and New London
… England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn Dryden's Fondness for Mulberry TartsArlington HouseThe House … House purchased by George III., and called the "Queen's House"Northouck's Description of Buckingham House in the … Mall and other walks, and of the delightful and spacious canal; a seat not to be contemned by the greatest monarch. It …