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Old and New London
… 1700. "The pillar'd dome magnific heaves Its ample roof, and luxury within Pours out its glittering stores." Thomson. … Edifice describedThe Gardens and Out-buildingsQueen Victoria takes up her Residence hereRoyal Guests from Foreign … the King of Hanover was very anxious to sign before Prince Albert, and when the Queen approached the table, he placed …
Old and New London
… Westminster King St, Great George St and the Broad Sanctuary CHAPTER III. WESTMINSTER.KING STREET, … the wall of Ram's Mews. Among the Cole MSS. in the British Museum is a copy of a letter written by Cromwell at Dunbar, … by William the Conqueror, and so on, ending with Queen Victoria. The fountain bears an inscription to the effect …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and … reading-rooms, class-rooms for drawing and music, a museum, and a library. JUDGE JEFFREYS' HOUSE IN DUKE STREET. … has disappeared since the year 1845 in the formation of Victoria Street, derive their names from the wellknown Sir …
Old and New London
… Park in the Reign of Henry VIII.Rosamond's PondCharles II. and his Feathered PetsDuck IslandLe Notre employed in Laying out and Improving the ParkThe DecoyThe King and his … be seen lying sound asleep on the grass under the shade. Albert Smith has left us a graphic description of the scenes …
Old and New London
… Westminster Tothill Fields and neighbourhood CHAPTER II. WESTMINSTER.TOTHILL FIELDS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. "No mead so fit For courtly joust or … London Wall, and Assistant Librarian in the British Museum. The most valuable endowments of this ancient charity …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Cary, since displaced by the King's Sedgemoor Drain, and Parrett. 6 The parish includes the village, the hamlets of Bussex and Liney to the north and north-east, and settlements at … to the south. The old pumping station is preserved as a museum. 4 In the 1860s there were disputes with Chedzoy over …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… coterminous with the municipal borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, lies on the W. side of Weymouth Bay; it … of ye towne is caste' (copy of old map in Dorset County Museum, c. 153947); the N. limit was approximately on the … development came shortly after 1850 with the erection of Victoria Terrace, N. of Belvidere. This terrace was proposed …
A History of the County of Hertford
… now divided into the separate parishes of Wheathampstead and Harpenden, is situated at the north-west of the county on … in shape, being about six miles across from east to west, and about three from north to south. The parish before the … in the kiln are now preserved at the Hertfordshire County Museum, St. Albans. In 1573 a potter was presented at the …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… the western end of a low ridge between the rivers Brue and Cary to the north and south and the parishes of Lovington and East Lydford to … to the bishop in 1903 and lent to the Somerset County Museum from 1906 until 1918. 2 74. Wheathill church painted …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… flat: the soil varies from a stiff clay to a light sand and gravel; grain of every kind is grown, and the meadows and pastures are rich. The river Tame bounds … reading-rooms; and the third story is appropriated as the museum of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, …