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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1687, and completed in 1706, by William Cavendish, the first duke of Devonshire, and has been since greatly enlarged … by Alfwen, wife of Earl Ethelstan, and sister of Ednod, first abbot of Ramsey, who was raised to the see of … is seated on the north side of the river Tean, is in the first-named division. Beamhurst, Deadman's-Green, and Fole …
Old and New London
… Christe's love, and his apostles twelve, He taught, but first he followed it himselve." You will find him, be sure, …
The Environs of London
… is no word in the Saxon language nearly similar to the first syllable of the ancient appellation, I suppose it to … day of June 1770, in the 48th year of his age, leaving the world to lament the loss of an honest Man and able Judge, … died Dec. 25th, 1672. Edward Bernard. Edward Bernard, the first rector presented by St. John's college, succeeded …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… spire with moulded capping and ball-termination. The first stage forms a plinth; the second is in the form of a … 1690, John his son, 1700, and Dorothy wife of the first named, 1711, plain marble tablet with gadrooned shelf … the middle of the eighth bay is a modern doorway. On the first pier is a boundarymark inscribed "1680 CHEAP WARD." On …
A Survey of London
… vp Walbrook, vnto Bucklesbery. Now for antiquities there, first is Buckles berie, so called of a Mannor, and tenementes … which companie being of old time called Pepperers, were first incorporated by the name of Grocers, in the yeare 1345. … streete is the standard in Cheape, of what antiquitie the first foundation I haue not read. But H. the sixt by his …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… stood the Cross, one of the series erected by Edward the First to his Queen Eleanor, Daughter of Alphonso, King of …
Old and New London
… ago, by the bronze axe of some British savage. So the world rolls on: the times change, and we change with them. … cudgels, and whistling volleys of stones, but at first with little avail, for the combatants were too hot. … Lawrence Lane and a house called "the Cage," between the first and second bell, and special provision was made that at …
Old and New London
… of a Stone CoffinCoachmakers' Hall. In Foster Lane, the first turning out of Cheapside northwards, our first visit must be paid to the Hall of the Goldsmiths, one … de Segrave, Bishop of London. The date of the Goldsmiths' first building is uncertain, but it is first mentioned in …
Old and New London
… 20 per annum; and several other valuable prizes. The first stone of the school was laid by Lord Brougham, October … another; Sir William Stone, Who long deceased, Ere the world's love Him released; So much it loved him, For they … Knight, some time Lord Maior of London; and Audrey, his first wife, by whom he had issue, Sir John Gresham and Sir …
Old and New London
… Thus, in 1666, we find Charles II.'s declaration of war against Louis XIV. proclaimed by the officers at arms, … stones. Maitland thinks it probable that it was one of the first churches built by Alfred in London after he had driven … weapon of war, for the bringing in the kingdoms of this world into subjection to Him."A few Scriptures (and but a …