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Old and New London
… GARDENS, &c. "Magnos Senec prdivitis hortos." Juvenal. The Privy Gardens and King Charles's curious Sun-dialsName … pedestal bore four dials at the four corners, and the great horizontal concave in the centre; and, besides, east, … at an early date, formerly formed part of the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster. In order to assert the extent of …
Old and New London
… Whitehall The buildings CHAPTER XLV. WHITEHALL.THE BUILDINGS DESCRIBED. … palace of Whitehall, if we include its precincts, was of great extent, stretching from close to where now stands … street had the wall of that enclosure since converted into St. James's Park; but when Henry VIII. had acquired …
Old and New London
… Whitehall The western side CHAPTER XLVIII. WHITEHALL.THE WESTERN SIDE. … from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strives with dirty red, Great Villiers lies. Alas! how changed for him, That life of … much to that of the whole empire." THE HORSE GUARDS, FROM ST. JAMES'S PARK. ( Temp. Charles II.) The authority and …
Magna Britannia
… Whitehaven Whitehaven WHITEHAVEN, now the most populous town in Cumberland, and the most populous … rights, but is still considered as one of the townships of St. Bees. Plan of Whitehaven The manor of Whitehaven, called … 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 … 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 … Street) joins Whitfield Street stood Fitzroy Chapel, later St. Saviour's Church, which is separately noticed below (p. … 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 … inhabitants. Whitley WHITLEY, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Giles, Reading, union and hundred of Reading, county of … WHITLEY, LOWER, a township and chapelry, in the parish of Great Budworth, union of Runcorn, hundred of Bucklow, N. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Whittlesford Whittingham WHITTINGHAM, a township, in the ecclesiastical parish of Goosnargh, parish of Kirkham, … The Wesleyans have a place of worship here. Whittingham (St. Bartholomew) WHITTINGHAM ( St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Whittington WHITTINGTON (12 miles N. of Cirencester) The Romano-British major settlement at Wycomb (2), partly … had paved streets and a temple, but no enclosing wall. The site of the Roman settlement was abandoned before the creation of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Whittlesford hundred WHITTLESFORD HUNDRED The small hundred of Whittlesford, almost due south of Cambridge, extends for about 6 miles from the river Granta in the north to the Essex boundary in the south. It consists of …