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Old and New London
… Jones' Design for a New PalaceResidence of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the CourtAn Ingenious Design for Rebuilding … blocked up the road which was then the sole access to the Houses of Parliament and the Courts of Law. In this gateway … In the open space in the rear, between the chapel and the houses in Whitehall Gardens, stands the celebrated statue of …
Old and New London
… with learned Muses grac'd, But by his death imperfect and defac'd." Storer's Metrical History of Wolsey. … Street, in plainer buildings (partly erected for dwelling-houses), behind this handsome pile, and reaching to St. … of the buildings of the Treasury. Almost the last of the houses which composed it disappeared in 1874, the work of …
Magna Britannia
… WHITEHAVEN, now the most populous town in Cumberland, and the most populous in the North of England except … only a small fishing village at Whitehaven, containing six houses. Its subsequent increase in population surpasses even … at those periods, there were, in 1801, 2,104 inhabited houses and 10,628 inhabitants; in 1811, 2,615 houses and …
Survey of London
… John Jenkins, M.A. lectured there on "Female Education and Christian Fortitude under Affliction." An autograph letter written by Theodore Smith, music master; and dated 1797, complains of the treatment he had received … the National Society for the Training of Schoolmistresses and it has been since known as Whiteland's Training College. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with Buckinghamshire. The higher N. part, between 140 m. and 130 m. above OD, is covered by Boulder Clay, but along the sides of the Ouse valley limestone, silts and sands are exposed. Medieval and Later a(1) Settlement … part of the village of Whitfield, lie behind the existing houses on the S. side of the E.-W. main street. The remains …
Survey of London
… STREET (Formerly John Street, Upper John Street and Hertford Street) Whitfield Street, named after George … which lay in the Fitzroy estate. The numbers of the houses now proceed from south to north, with the odd numbers … Howland Street, although damaged by raids, present four houses of uniform design, except for some subsequent …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a hamlet, in the parish of St. Giles, Reading, union and hundred of Reading, county of Berks, 2 miles (S.) from … Lower division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Snaith; containing … Dewsbury, Lower division of the wapentake of Agbrigg, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Dewsbury; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of Kington. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of SS. Peter and Paul stands in the W. part of the parish. The old church was largely washed away in 1720 and the existing church was partly re-built in 1740. Medival walling remains on the E. and N. sides, and the E. window of the chancel is probably in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lived in the reign of John, held lands in the township, and his descendants held the manor in the reign of Edward II. … is quarried to a considerable extent, and many of the houses in Cheltenham have been built with it. The living is a … Wesleyans, and Calvinistic Methodists; also two endowed schools, one founded in 1735 by Adam Kelfull, and endowed …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… overlying an Iron Age occupation site, had paved streets and a temple, but no enclosing wall. The site of the Roman … of (3), probably near SO 997214. Traces of 'foundations and pavements' and two or three Constantinian coins were found 'at a little …