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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of Middlesex; containing 222 inhabitants. Yeadon … a railway from Stockport, by Whaley, to Buxton, Bakewell, &c. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. … 9 miles (S. S. E.) from Somerton, and 122 (W. S. W.) from London; containing 7043 inhabitants. This place, from the …
A Dictionary of London
… Candelwikestrete, 1369, in the parish of St. Clement (Cal. L. Bk. G. p.258). Not identified. Riley suggests that it may … identified. Yeuan (St.) See Audoen (St.). York Abbot of London residence in parish of St. Peter Paul's Wharf, … The stable adjoined the churchyard of St. Peter's Church (L. and P.H. VIII. XIX. (t), p.86). On the east side of Peter …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and in 1852 a further £50 rent charge for the tithes of c. 213 a. in Hardwick's fields. 25 A house and yardland held … by Mrs. E. M. M. Parker (d. 1969). 61 Rot. Welles, ii (L.R.S. vi), 6. e.g. Bampton Hund. R. 51. O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. c 1713/2, Order in Council, 12 Apr. 1976. e.g. Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), ii. 178. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… William of Hastings in the 1240s, 19 passed on his death c. 1278 to a daughter Joan, wife of Benet of Blakenham, 20 … the most picturesque large timber-framed house in the county', 63 stands on a partly moated site some 100 m. east … 841, 844, 857. V.C.H. Berks. iv. 528. Rot. Welles, ii (L.R.S. vi), 6. Bk. of Fees, ii. 822, 841. For William's …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) from … machine erected in 1828, from designs by Mr. Brunton, of London, and worked by a water-wheel of large diameter. The … tramroad was laid down in 1825, by John Christie, Esq., of London, extending from the Gwain Clawdd, over the forest of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this … Bannockburn, in 1315, Edward II. came to York, and held a council, in which it was decreed to dispatch a force for the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A descriptor used for goods from or pertaining to the county of that name, such as Yorkshire ALE, 'early Yorkshire … visitor in the 1720s commented on the many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for sale.' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… past nine centuries the castle has been, like the Tower of London, a fortress, a royal palace, a mint, and a prison, as … as a court of justice and an administrative centre for the county. As a fortress it became obsolete in the 16th century, … for long been inadequate: the keeper petitioned the Privy Council on its ruinous condition in 1636, 52 and in 1653 …
Survey of London Monograph
… Sir Thomas, changed name to Wriothesley; probably b. in London; lived in Barbican; citizen and draper 1509. His s. … for officers & officers' fees', now Coll. of Arms MS. 2 L. 10. 13. WILLIAM COLBARNE or COWARNE Colbarne Rouge Dragon, … concerning the College and heralds. F.S.A. 1836, member of Council 1844, etc.; founder member of Cocked Hat Club; …
Survey of London
… profightes of the gardeyns there." The Duke had already a London residence in Barbican, and he seems to have used the … ben, for I have in this litle time bestowed above 200 l in reparations about the house) but either to have it by … and lodged at York House, where his trial before the Privy Council took place. In December Essex fell sick, but he …