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Old and New London
… AccountIts Prevalence in England. In the "New View of London," published in 1708, we read, "This Palace … six horses, houss'd by the same; the pall held up by his new lords; Oliver lying in effigie in royal robes, and … Henry VIII., as everybody knows, added a cock-pit to his new palace at Whitehall; and even the learned pedant, James …
Old and New London
… Yard. O. St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. P. Clement's Lane. Q. New Inn. R. St. Clement Danes. S. Temple Bar. But the house … see, I see, where two fair cities bend Their ample bow, a new Whitehall ascend; There mighty nations shall enquire … as not so very wide of the mark, if we interpret a "new Whitehall" to mean the new Houses of Parliament, and the …
Old and New London
… GateKnights of the Tilt-yardInigo Jones' Design for a New PalaceResidence of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the … by Hans Holbein. This latter gate, it is stated in the "New View of London" (1708), was termed "Cock-pit Gate," and … presence of the Queen and of the whole Court, he armed the new champion with his own hands, and mounted him on his …
Old and New London
… and Anecdotes of Former OccupantsThe Old Foreign OfficeThe New Foreign, India, and Colonial OfficesLibrary of the India … Anne, whence she set off to join the Prince of Orange. A new faade, in the Corinthian style, was added by the late Sir … will confess that the wit was not far from the mark. THE NEW FOREIGN OFFICE. Between "The King's Printing-office" at …
Magna Britannia
… are two market-places; called St. George's Market and New-Market. The fair, which is now held on the 12th of … it was called George Church, and afterwards generally the New Church, till the erection of St. James's Chapel in 1752. … mansion, described by Mr. T. Denton in 1688 as "a stately new pile of building called the Flatt," was then made the …
Survey of London
… The house was pulled down in 1890 to make way for new buildings which were erected in the following year. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on the N.W. side of the R. Ouse which here forms the county boundary with Buckinghamshire. The higher N. part, …
Survey of London
… Whitefield's Chapel and Burial Ground (see p. 67), and a new school occupies the northern half of the space between … centres that were frequently planned in connection with new residential schemes. Next to the corner of Warren Street …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Cumner, poor-law union of Abingdon, hundred of Hormer, county of Berks, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Oxford; containing … of St. Giles, Reading, union and hundred of Reading, county of Berks, 2 miles (S.) from Reading; containing 518 … Hants and Wilts, commanding an extensive view of the New Forest, and southward to the sea over a wide tract of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Glastonbury and located principally in the centre of the county, comprised the parishes of Ashcott, Blackford, …