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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… his retreat into Scotland. William, attributing the first success of the Danes to the treachery of the citizens, … the east side of the quadrangle are the apartments of the clerks of assize, the office of the court of record, the … the walls of the city, and comprises a central hall, class-rooms, library, and boarding-house; it provides a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… with less strain. OED earliest date of use: c1050 in the first sense; 688-95 in the second sense Found made of BIRCH, …
Survey of London
… Street circa 1852. Only four houses there, Nos. 6, 7, 9 and 10, all of which are on the west side of the street, … have been stripped of any panelling. York House ( No. 9).This is a house of early eighteenth-century date … bars and is probably original. The stair flight up to the first floor is of later date. The upper flights are original …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… following Inventory, after a very brief historical resume, first the two castles are described and then the city … weights, and a bone trial piece. 3 William I built the first castle in 1068 as a motte and bailey, but it was … who had taken refuge there, and rebuilt again in timber. 9 A reference to the old castle led Drake to assume that the …
Survey of London Monograph
… Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first reliable reference to York is in 1484 (see John Water). … Rouge Croix, c. 1 December 1505. York, app d between 9 April and 26 August 1509. Second s. (not eldest as often … (1879, etc.); founded the Genealogist (1877) and edited first seven volumes; contributed to it, Misc. Gen. & Her., …
Survey of London
… dwell, belonging to that See which, as the Archbishop that first purchased it did purposely destine for a dwelling house … House from "8 of the clock in the morning until almost 9 at night without either meat or drink." 196 He was finally … cellers. In the house, one Shopp and one kitchin; in the first story two Chambers; in the second story one Chamber and …
Survey of London
… Ware, son of Robert of Westminster, and Maud of Ware sold 9 all their land lying between the property of Odo the … the highway on the west to the Thames on the east 357 feet 9 inches; in the middle from the stone wall of the Archbishop … and in 1217 commanded the small English fleet in the first of England's great naval victories, off the North …
Survey of London
… from its prosimity to the New Exchange, but within the first few years of its existence it became known as Of Alley, … front, which is very dilapidated, appears to date from the first quarter of the eighteenth century. Internally the …
Survey of London
… Road CHAPTER 7 - YORK ROAD [See plates 25, 26 and 27.] The first Waterloo Bridge Act contained a clause for the … Pimlico, was appointed surveyor of the building, and the first stone was laid on 15th August, 1765, by Brice Fisher, … Westminster New Lying-in Hospital, with Dr. Leake as its first physician. 97 Dr. Leake had trained in England as a …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… of inception of market The date of the charter, grant or first recorded mention of the market First recorded instance of a market 600-1100 1101-1200 … 401+ X co ordinate Y co ordinate Aberford 1251 1251 9.75 443200 437200 Adlingfleet 1220 1260 45 484300 421000 …