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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) … English style of architecture, with a massive and lofty tower of rude construction. The body consisted of a nave and … machine erected in 1828, from designs by Mr. Brunton, of London, and worked by a water-wheel of large diameter. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.E.) Yetminster is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. … consisting of the Nave, North and South Aisles, West Tower and North Porch was rebuilt. The church was restored in … blocked windows each of one four-centred light. The West Tower (13 ft. by 12 ft.) is of mid 15th-century date and of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this … been found. Among these, the principal are, a polygonal tower, with the south wall of the Mint yard; an inscription …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way the two types of animal apply their tractive power most effectively. By … visitor in the 1720s commented on the many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for sale.' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … Bridge, and next along the Walmgate sector from the Red Tower to Fishergate Postern, whence the length from York … past nine centuries the castle has been, like the Tower of London, a fortress, a royal palace, a mint, and a prison, as …
Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the … Sir Thomas, changed name to Wriothesley; probably b. in London; lived in Barbican; citizen and draper 1509. His s. … Theatre, Haymarket, 3 February 1794; bur d in Chapel of Tower of London. Left his heraldic MSS. to the College, four …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … profightes of the gardeyns there." The Duke had already a London residence in Barbican, and he seems to have used the … failed, and Essex was beheaded as a traitor within the Tower of London on 25th February. In 1600 Egerton had married …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was …
Survey of London
… Place and George Court CHAPTER 10: YORK PLACE ( formerly Of Alley) AND GEORGE COURT York Place, a narrow court running … to the New Exchange, but within the first few years of its existence it became known as Of Alley, a name which it retained until circa 1855 when it …
Survey of London
… Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford Street across Waterloo Road to Westminster Bridge … ultimately became York Road, was made across demesne land of the Arch bishop's manor of Lambeth. Except for a fringe of … p. 28) in 182429. 74 Part of this land was sold to the London and South Western Railway in 1848 when the line was …