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Old and New London
… No. 242, Strand. Nos. 9, 10, and 11 were known as Cadgers' Hall, and were much frequented by beggars, and bushols of … is worthy of Anstey himself: Sir John Swale, of Swale's Hall, in Swale Dale, by the river Swale, knight, made his …
Old and New London
… poor old Dyer became totally blind. He died in 1841. The hall of Clifford's Inn is memorable as being the place where … of civilisation, their expounders, the lawyers. In the hall is preserved an old oak folding case, containing the … defaced, and probably of the reign of Henry VIII. The hall casement contains armorial glass with the bearings of …
Old and New London
… forty years to nine judges and fifteen serjeants. In this hall, in 1629, the judges in full bench struck a sturdy blow … houses and the present street frontage. On the site of the hall arose the Amicable Assurance Society, which in 1865 …
Old and New London
… Shakespeare and Shoe LaneFlorio and his Labours"Cogers' Hall"Famous "Cogers"A Saturday Night's DebateGunpowder … complete without some mention of the "Cogers' Discussion Hall," formerly at No. 10. This useful debating societya … large circulation, and, under his signature of 'Locksley Hall,' rouses the sons of toil to a sense of the dignity and …
Old and New London
… a pleasant sketch of a party at Bolt Court, when Mrs. Hall (a sister of Wesley) was there, and Mr. Allen, a … On this great occasion also, Johnson, talked at by Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Williams at the same moment, gaily quoted the … Macheath. Imagine Mrs. Williams, old and peevish; Mrs. Hall, lean, lank, and preachy; Johnson, rolling in his chair …
Old and New London
… Crane Court. Upon the ground floor there is a little hall, and a direct passage from the stairs into the garden, … Here there is a room fronting the court, directly over the hall; and towards the garden is the meeting-room, and at the …
A Dictionary of London
… Street (Leake, 1666) on the east side of Fishmongers' Hall. The site was afterwards occupied by Fishmongers' Hall and now by the western side of Adelaide Place (q.v.). So … of Carey Street. The site is now occupied by Goldsmith's Hall. Flower de Luce Court North out of Ludgate Hill, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… reign of Elizabeth, having become dilapidated, a handsome hall of hewn freestone, with a marketplace underneath, has … and the assizes and quarter-sessions are held in the shire-hall at Mold: the county gaol, and house of correction, or … are, Bdryddan, Golden Grove, Gwasaney, Mostyn, Nerquis Hall, Pentre-Hobyn, Pls Tg, and Rhual. Among the modern seats …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… mansion with extensive gardens and pleasure-grounds: Shaw Hall, near the small hamlet of Shawtown, is a venerable … Adjoining the ample gardens and filbert-grove of Shaw Hall, was once a moat which has partly disappeared. Flixton … which separates it from the county of Norfolk. Flixton Hall, erected in 1545 by Sir John Tasburgh, and accidentally …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… lordship in the parish. An humble dwelling called Bois Hall, in all probability, points out the site of their once … he lived stood on the site whereon the present Flixton Hall is built; and possibly the monastery, which tradition … the property of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, Bart., of Flixton Hall. John Eyre had the manor of Facons, in Stuston, in the …