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Old and New London
… the latter, we notice one peculiarity: there are fewer military uniforms than on Levee and Drawing-room days, when … fancy. Private personsthat is to say, persons having no military or official uniformmay wear the coloured cloth suit, … elaborations, are, of course, a large number of men in military uniform, which is, after all, the most effective of …
Old and New London
… troops in the year before the battle of Waterloo. In the Military Chapel, which was opened in 1838, are preserved the … who may have taken part in foreign campaigns. Here are two military trophies, curious pieces of foreign ordnance: the …
Old and New London
… writing in "The Tatler," in 1709, says, "Here was a military garden, a bridewell, and, as I have heard tell, a … as a large inclosure, "made use of by those who delight in military exercises." The butts were a large mound of turf, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Rec. Below, econ. hist. C. Ashworth, Actions Stations 5, Military Airfields of the South West (1990), 207-10; Taunton, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and a half below it is St. Helen's ford, where a Roman military way crossed the Wharfe. The town consists of several …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… in the Civil War but was abandoned as being of no further military importance in January 1644/5. It continued in use as … Regiment of Light Dragoons, erected 1807, headstone with military emblems; (3) to John George Jannau, late … as the Hephaesteion. 4th Report of the Commission of Military Enquiry (1807). The name Dorset Place appears to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on both sides of the great Roman wall, on the line of the military road from Newcastle to Carlisle; and comprises about …
Old and New London
… 29th, 1660, King Charles II. was brought back hither "in military fashion" through London, by way of the Strand, "all …
Old and New London
… the 18th of June preceding; but on the opening of the new military chapel in Birdcage Walk these trophies were removed …
Old and New London
… conveyed by the old sailors of the Victory, and a large military and naval procession, on a magnificent funeral car, … as it does the site of the Tiltyard (or place for military exercises), of which we have already spoken. The … to the government, discipline, and movements of the military; and to the Commander-inChief is unreservedly …