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Old and New London
… taken its name from the noble Abbey Church of St. Peter's, the "Minster" in the "West," as doubtless it was called by … an "Honour." The Abbey Church being erected into a bishop's see in 1541, it of course became a "city," and when, ten … where we shall turn back again eastwards, and, crossing Regent Street, or Portland Place, make our way as best we …
Old and New London
… Residents in King StreetOliver Cromwell's MotherA Strange Incident in the Life of CromwellKing … StreetGreat George StreetLying in State of Lord Byron's BodyInstitution of Civil EngineersNational Portrait … up from Bridge Street, until it found its way into the canal of St. James's Park. From the frequency of inundations, …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and WashhousesMechanics' … MuseumA Cock-pitGreat Peter StreetSt. Matthew's ChurchThe Residence of Colonel BloodSt. Anne's LaneOld and …
Old and New London
… Westminster St. James's Park CHAPTER V. ST. JAMES'S PARK. "A spark That less admires the Palace than the Park." … and commanding a "simple and agreeable view down to the canal." He urges, however, that variety should be studied in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Catsash, E. division of Somerset, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Castle-Cary; containing 133 inhabitants, and … the parish on the south-west, and the Trent and Mersey canal passes through for three miles. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of whom 586 are in Wetheral township, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Carlisle. The Newcastle and Carlisle railway passes … ancient cells, called Wetheral Safeguard, or Constantine's Hermitage, excavated in the rock, at the height of forty … by abridge, and thus gives name to the place. The Wey canal commences a little to the west of the village; and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Cottesloe, county of Buckingham, 4 miles (S. by E.) from Stony- Stratford; containing, with the hamlet … Buckinghamshire progress: Spenser the poet, his lordship's secretary, was frequently here. It was purchased and … is intersected by the river Avon and the Kennet and Avon canal, comprises 420 acres. The living is a discharged …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the vicarage of Mutford annexed, valued in the king's books at 6. 6. 5.; net income, 660; patrons, the Master and … E. division of the county of Gloucester, 7 miles (S. W.) from Gloucester; containing 391 inhabitants, and … acres, the soil of which is a sandy loam. The Grand Trunk canal passes through, and on its banks are commodious wharfs …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the tenants. The value of the estate had declined from 100 s. before the Conquest to 30 s. 63 In 1220 there were again six plough-teams 64 and the … of the mills' water to the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal in 1833 35 may have brought the mills to a stop. In …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… follows roughly the River Frome and, below the river's division, the eastern arm known as Baldwin's brook, and the short north-west boundary runs along the … by the building alongside the Frome of the Stroudwater Canal, opened in 1779 and closed in 1954. 9 In 1833 the use …