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Survey of London
… at Milman House (formerly Gorges House), from which Milman Street is named. (See Survey of London, Vol. IV, Chelsea, Pt. …
Survey of London
… his two Wives who dyed before him Abigail Daughter of Iohn Wood of the County of York by whom he had a Daughter Iudeth … Place Lyes the Body of M rs Mary Bolney Widow, late of Little Chelsey, Daughter of Bartholo w Smith Esq re of the …
The Environs of London
… with all its rights and appurtenances, land and water, wood and field, meadow and pasture, pannage and fruit, and … was formerly Sir John Danvers's, then the site of Danvers-street; and 4. that which was lately Sir Joseph Allstone's. … appropriated by tradition to Sir Thomas More, but with how little reason the foregoing statement will prove. Ratcliffe …
The Environs of London
… lie within a district called Hans-town. The principal street takes its name from the Sloane family, and is about … Esq.) by Mr. Loche, who kept the military academy at Little Chelsea. It now belongs to his widow, and is in the … relating to Chelsea. Collins, p. 482. Ibid. p. 481. Ant. Wood's Athen. Oxon. vol. i. Fasti. Aikin's Biograph. Mem. p. …
The Environs of London
… not been specified in the register of burials, I have had little opportunity of ascertaining such instances of … born at Battle in Sussex, April 18, 1718; departed in New-street, Aug. 19, 1783; buried Aug. 22, by John Swertner." He … the press. John Duke of Rutland died there May 29, 1779. Wood's Athen. Oxon. vol. ii. Biograph. Brit. Records of the …
Old and New London
… we shall now proceed on our way backward towards Sloane Street, picking up such scraps of information respecting the … lost his estate, his son lived by 'play, sharping, and a little on the highway'the desperate resources of the day." … and they objected to this, but the Government paid little heed to the complaint. The agents of the surveyor were …
Old and New London
… who had fought for his country begging his bread in the street that she prevailed on Charles II. to establish at … of his genius and fancy. The chief material employed was wood, and it was erected in 1740." He describes it as "a … till it was almost twilighta time, I thought, not a little unseasonable for a tour into the country. We had no …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the interest to be applied in lighting the town. In Bridge-street is a singular well, which ebbs and flows contrary to … and canal passes within two miles, and joins the Thames a little to the north of Weybridge, affording facility of … by computation 12,650 acres, which, excepting about 500 of wood and 143 common or waste, are chiefly arable: the surface …
Survey of London
… or Petworth, Sussex, Robert Hall, esquire, of Old Bond Street, and G. S. Archer, esquire, of Wingham, Kent. 1 … 'effects' were valued in 1900 at some 256,000. 32 Such little evidence as exists suggests that the Radfords' … About to be built in 1850 by John Maidlow of St. John's Wood, builder. Nos. 10, 12, 3034 demolished 46 Executors of …
A Dictionary of London
… Alley, Chequer Court On the west side of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishops-gate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. … XVIII. Pt. I, p. 538). The site is now occupied by Broad Street Station. Chequer Court East out of St. Katherine's … Hill. In Dowgate Ward (S. 233). Site occupied by Cannon Street Station since 1860-5. Chequer Lane, Dowgate Hill See …