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Old and New London
… REMARKS. WHITEHALL ABOUT 1650. ( From a Copy by Smith of a Rare Print by Israd Silvestre.) "You must no more call it York Placethat is past: For since the Cardinal fell that title's lost; 'Tis now the King's, and … to Sir Nathaniel Wraxall, the late Duke of Buckingham, and Lord William Lennox. Nothing can be further from our purpose …
Old and New London
… Whitehall forsaken as a Royal ResidencePartial Restoration of the PalaceThe Cock-pitCromwell and Sir Roger L'EstrangeDeath … us playing, and, as I remember, so he left us." The great "Lord Protector" died at Whitehall on the 3rd of September, …
Old and New London
… GARDENS, &c. "Magnos Senec prdivitis hortos." Juvenal. The Privy Gardens and King Charles's curious Sun-dialsName … and Gwydyr HouseThe Local Government BoardThe Duchess of Portland's Museum of SculptureMontagu HouseRichmond … Marchioness of Exeter; and further on were the houses of Lord Farnborough (better known as Sir Charles Long) and the …
Old and New London
… XLV. WHITEHALL.THE BUILDINGS DESCRIBED. SIR HENRY LEE OF DITCHLEY. ( From a Portrait by Basire.) "Donec templa … occupied by the late Duke of Dorset, and subsequently by Lord Whitworthand other buildings, many of which are wholly, … it," adds Mr. J. T. Smith, "is in one of the fronts of a keeper's lodge, near Virginia Water. A similar medallion, …
Old and New London
… Whitehall The western side CHAPTER XLVIII. WHITEHALL.THE WESTERN SIDE. … death imperfect and defac'd." Storer's Metrical History of Wolsey. Wallingford HousePope's Lines on the Death-bed … and Jurisdiction of the AdmiraltyCareer of Lord Sandwich at the AdmiraltyFuneral of Lord NelsonAnecdote …
Magna Britannia
… Whitehaven Whitehaven WHITEHAVEN, now the most populous town in Cumberland, and the most populous in the North of England except Newcastle and York, has no parochial … of the future importance of Whitehaven, commenced his great work 3, and lived to see a small obscure village, which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… WHITFIELD (OS 1:10000 a SP 63 NW, b SP 53 NE, c SP 64 SW) The narrow parish occupies only 583 hectares, on the N.W. side of the R. Ouse which here forms the county boundary with … In some places (e.g. SP 602394) it is notable for the great variation in the widths of ridges within a single …
Survey of London
… Street, named after George Whitefield who founded the chapel in Tottenham Court Road, runs north and south and … estates described in the introduction to this section of the parish. It was formerly John Street (from Windmill … them from taking part in the procession, in support of the great petition which was being presented to Parliament, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Whitley - Whittering Whitley WHITLEY, a tything, in the parish of Cumner, poor-law union of Abingdon, hundred of Hormer, … partly sand and partly clay. Sir John Chetwode, Bart., is lord of the manor, and principal landed proprietor. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WHITTINGHAM, a township, in the ecclesiastical parish of Goosnargh, parish of Kirkham, hundred of Amounderness, N. … Devonshire, the Earl of Derby (afterwards Duke of Leeds), Lord Delamere, and Mr. John D'Arcy, eldest son of the Earl of … II. conferred on Edward, Earl of Sandwich, the office of keeper of Whittlesey Mere. Near the village is a station of …