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The Environs of London
… Willoughby, married Aug. 4, 1713." James Bridges, the first Duke of Chandos, married to his second wife Cassandra, … married Feb. 21, 1716-7." "Rev d Augustine Frazer, the first chaplain upon the establishment of this royal hospital, … pay for here in England, though it be free for all the world besides; every coach and horse which enters buying his …
Old and New London
… King's RoadThe Old Burial-groundSt. Mark's CollegeThe "World's End" TavernChelsea CommonFamous NurseriesChelsea … Streets, and eastward to "Blackland's Lane," as it was first called, afterwards Marlborough Road; or perhaps … by the road or lane which is now Sloane Street. It is first spoken of as "Chelsea Heath," and it appears to have …
Old and New London
… our sympathies, since, according to popular tradition, the first idea of converting it into an asylum for broken-down … being at one time used as a receptacle for prisoners of war, and at another as a riding-house. Its next destination … with Dr. Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds, to see the great world of which he at once knew so much and so little. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at the Dissolution, was 32. 4. During the parliamentary war, the inhabitants adhered firmly to the royal cause, and … with water from springs. A neat building, of which the first stone was laid in November, 1838, by the high sheriff … Elizabeth in 1559, is on Wednesday: the fairs are on the first Monday and Tuesday in Lent, for cattle; May 14th, for …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (9) large monument, said to be of William, fifth Earl and first Duke of Bedford, 1683, and of his wife Anne, daughter … c. 1530, probably by John, Lord Russell, afterwards first Earl of Bedford. The walls are of red brick with some … a shield with arms:a cheveron between three roses. On the first floor of the E. wing are three fireplaces of Totternhoe …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… wing has two roofs with hipped ends, and a window on the first floor has original moulded mullions and iron casements …
Survey of London
… 4 15 s. per acre), 2 for ninety-nine years, paying in the first year a rent of 150, which was to rise in the fifth and … public regulation of building to Kensington for the first time. The houses were to be built of sound bricks and … the south front were destroyed by enemy action during the war of 193945. The interior of the chapel is broad and …
A Dictionary of London
… ed. 1720, I. ii. 108-Boyle, 1799). In Old Bethlem. First mention : "Checker Alley," 1559-60 (Ct. H.W. II. 674). … Aldgate High Street South out of Aldgate High Street, the first turning east from the Minories (O.S. 25 in., 1880 ed.). … at No. 53 A. in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory). First mention : Strype, ed. 172O. Cherubim Court South out of …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… the N.W. corner-post of No. 15 and the bracket of a former first-floor jetty are seen inside an adjacent workshop. No. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Farm. A wooden building used at Yatesbury airfield in the First World War was re-erected in the Street in 1920 as a memorial hall. …