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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… is a parish and village 4 m. S.S.W. of Sherborne. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) … of three bays with moulded two-centred arches similar to the chancel-arch; the piers have each four attached … S. wall, to John Horsey, 1531, and Elizabeth (Turges), his wife, figures of man in enriched armour and woman with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles … commuted for 175. 9. 6., of which 36. 8. 6. are payable to the impropriators. Yokefleet, county York.See Yorkfleet. … the metropolis of their empire in Britain. Adrian fixed his principal station in the city, in the year 124, while …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… is a parish 2 m. S. of Uxbridge. Secular Monuments (14) The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of … are tiled. ConditionGood or fairly good. (1) The Grange, house on the N. edge of the parish, has been extensively … the modern church, has been extensively altered and added to. It retains some original mullion and transom windows with …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… two animals, especially OXen or BULLOCKs were attached to the hauling chains for drawing a PLOUGH or a vehicle like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way …
Survey of London
… George Street) Date and Description. York Buildings, the name which was once used generically for all the premises on the site of York House, was assigned to George Street circa 1852. Only four houses there, Nos. 6, … for a short time in York Buildings, but the whole story of his visit to this country appears to be apocryphal. 260 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The … the circuit S.W. of the Ouse from Skeldergate Bridge, to Lendal Bridge, then, across the river, by Bootham and Monk … Treasury. 34 The Chancellor of the Exchequer and some of his staff were, however, housed in St. Mary's Abbey, while …
Survey of London Monograph
… HERALD Spelman thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first reliable reference to York is in 1484 (see John Water). He is now one of the six … granting to John Water alias Yorke, herald, as fee of his office and for services to Richard III, his predecessors …
Survey of London
… York House CHAPTER 6: YORK HOUSE The York Water Gate (see pp. 5960) in the Victoria Embankment … Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate formed the river approach, was … in 1437 states that he held five cottages in addition to his "hospicium" in Westminster. 189 These cottages formed the …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as … the town of Westminster. These in 1197, 1 the year before his death, he granted to his cousin, William of Ely, the King's treasurer. The …
Survey of London
… Place and George Court CHAPTER 10: YORK PLACE ( formerly Of Alley) AND GEORGE COURT York Place, a narrow court running parallel with the Strand between Villiers Street and George Court, was … called exchange Alley, probably from its prosimity to the New Exchange, but within the first few years of its …