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Old and New London
… Wood Street, all royal proclamations used to be read, even long after the cross was removed. Thus, in 1666, we find … with memories of the fresh green fields far away, was for long the residence of rooks, who built there. In 1845 two … On the site of this building, anciently called the 'Long Shop,' are now erected four shops, with rooms over …
Old and New London
… James, I say! Pass on in peace, and happy be thy way; Live long on earth, and England's sceptre sway,' " &c. Henrietta … eighty, or one hundredof the Lord Mayor's company, in long gowns, with crimson satin hoods. These bachelors were to … sleeves, and silver chains; then the honourable livery, in long robes, each with his hood, half black, half red, on his …
Old and New London
… Meaning (through God) that as shee had With him (in house) long lived well; Even so in Tombes Blisse to dwell." "Bread … club." The tradition, it is thought, must be added to the long list of Shakespearian doubts. But we nevertheless have a …
Old and New London
… and combined with a drinking-fountain. The work was a long time about, as the full design was not carried to … the highway that four of the huge rafters, twenty-six feet long, were driven (so the chroniclers say) twenty-two feet … and other shows at their pleasure. And this house for a long time after served for that useviz., in the reigns of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… FRUIT obtained from various species of the genus Prunus, long cultivated in this country in favoured areas, …
Unpublished London Diaries
… prisoners in Newgate, 1818. Extracts in his Memories of a Long Life (1909). BL Add MSS 47,230 ff.41b, 12757; 47,2315 …
Unpublished London Diaries
… 19018, written for his fiance, later his wife, during a long engagement. Social activities, work, holidays, … Stewart, banker, financial adviser and negotiator. Addis's long-running diary began in 1881, but the early part of his …
Unpublished London Diaries
… 828. 1941 WILSON, June, student nurse. Diary, 19415, with long gaps between entries. Trained at Nightingale Training … Diana, student nurse. Diary, 19446, brief entries with long gaps. Trainee at Nightingale Training School, St …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it is an elegant edifice of the 14th century, 134 feet long, and has a fine tower. Connected with St. Mark's church … belonged to the earls of Huntingdon, whose manorhouse has long been destroyed. The parish, which was formerly part of …