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The Environs of London
… of Mihles's Elements of Surgery; and was engaged in a long controversy with an anonymous correspondent in the … called Lindsey-house. The society at the same time took a long lease of the site of Beaufort-house for a burial-ground; … lived there himself, and presided over the community as long as he remained in England. The society consisted mostly …
Old and New London
… "The Captive," was secured by a rope about 2,000 feet long, which was let out and wound in by steam power. The … skating-rink. The rink is the result of Mr. John Gamgee's long and persevering labours to produce artificial cold at a … new buildings were called Hans Town. Sloane Street is a long and wide thoroughfare, running from north to south, and …
Old and New London
… to that of Dean Swift, and like him, he too will be long remembered for the vivid powers of his mind and the … of temper, and is said to be well attested:"He lived so long in his office of Physician to Chelsea Hospital, that, … style; but, nevertheless, it is picturesque. They wear long scarlet coats, lined with blue, and the original …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and on its slope is the figure of a white horse, 157 feet long, in the attitude of trotting, cut out of the turf on the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… evidence of an earlier headland under the present 300 m.-long ridges, suggesting that reploughing of older end-on furlongs has taken place. At the W. end of the long narrow projection of the parish, in its N.W. corner, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… on lion, his wife in peeress's robes, with coronet and long hair, feet on goat; the sides of the tomb panelled, … said to have had chimneys resembling those of the house. A long wall of flint and brick, N. of the house, probably …
Survey of London
… at an agricultural rent of 133 per annum (or 4 15 s. per acre), 2 for ninety-nine years, paying in the first year a … had now inherited the freehold) granted W. K. Jenkins a long lease of all the remaining unbuilt land at a peppercorn … building work in the Pembridge area was financed by a long series of private mortgages arranged by one of Robert …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne. 19 Bronze-Age tools have been found near it. 20 A long barrow lies on the same boundary, several other barrows … to the use of his son John. The estate was subject to a long lease held by Henry's brother Thomas and sister Susan. … of London sold the rest of Cherhill manor, subject to a long lease held by men who were probably trustees of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was curate from 1698 and rector from 1700. There were two long incumbencies covering much of the 18th century. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the farms of Lowesmore and Aston, the owners of which had long been involved in the affairs of Cherington. 3 The …