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A History of the County of Oxford
… to Henry Jackson, a minor canon of St. Paul's cathedral, London. By will proved 1727 Jackson devised the estate, known …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… original stock, 1671) Shipping, slave trade interest (6) City and London property (7) (1) Johnson, DR, IV, p 160, LVP, 1664, p … Feb 1667/8-31 Mar 1668, disch, not being a Freeman of the City (1) mar 1664, at Long Ditton, Surr, Rebecca Davenport, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… by Cherhill in 1934, 33 and probably c. 140 in 1995. The London-Bristol road via Calne followed the ridge across the … Lane, had been made by 1795 and possibly by 1683. 40 The London road could be reached from the village via the Avenue … until then worshipped in a cottage, used the chapel as a mission room of the chapel in Castle Street, Calne. 86 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 9 miles (S. S. E.) from Somerton, and 122 (W. S. W.) from London; containing 7043 inhabitants. This place, from the … town is situated on the middle road leading from Exeter to London, and consists of numerous streets, many of them …
A Dictionary of London
… identified. Yeuan (St.) See Audoen (St.). York Abbot of London residence in parish of St. Peter Paul's Wharf, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… machine erected in 1828, from designs by Mr. Brunton, of London, and worked by a water-wheel of large diameter. The … tramroad was laid down in 1825, by John Christie, Esq., of London, extending from the Gwain Clawdd, over the forest of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YOKEFLEET, county York.See Yorkfleet. York YORK, a city and county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and … of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this … for mingling with the crowd at the king's coronation in London; and in spite of a proclamation in their favour by the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… 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 divided … past nine centuries the castle has been, like the Tower of London, a fortress, a royal palace, a mint, and a prison, as … of the disbanded garrison and it was to be used as a magazine. 94 Its capture was an alleged aim of plots in 1662 …
Survey of London Monograph
… September 1486; 1486 and 1488 sent to France; 1493 Garter mission to Duke of Calabria; d. 28 March 1502; bur d in … Sir Thomas, changed name to Wriothesley; probably b. in London; lived in Barbican; citizen and draper 1509. His s. … Of Kensington; b. c. 1690; s. of Richard Wightwick, a London merchant and cadet of Wightwick of Wightwick, co. …