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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and comprises by computation 839 acres, mostly arable land; the surface is generally flat, but with a singular and … a school in 1723, and endowed it with 16 acres of grass land, of the annual value of 22, free for six boys. Mrs. … the Yorkshire coast and German Ocean. An act for inclosing land was passed in 1840. In the parish are many of the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… on the watershed between the Tove and Nene valleys, the land reaches just over 400 ft. Together with the rest of … of open valleys and flat-topped ridges. Most of the higher land is covered by Boulder Clay and other glacial deposits, … All the parishes cultivated at least some of their land in common in the Middle Ages, and in those which …
Survey of London
… in which to worship. Despite its many endowments and land-holdings, for much of the fourteenth and fifteenth … in the making, for instance in Breeches Yard, where the land sloped away towards the Fleet. This later became part of …
Survey of London
… to offices and apartments. In medieval times this land was a corner of St Mary's Close, the nunnery field … T. J. Bailey, was erected in 18913 by J. Bull, Sons & Co. Ltd of Southampton, opening in August 1893. 152 It is … p. 591 Dennis Griffiths (ed.), The Encyclopedia of the British Press 14221922, 1992, pp.233, 3412: Dennis Griffiths, …
Survey of London
… from as far afield as Muswell Hill, where some 65 acres of land once belonging to the nunnery formed a detached portion … Graphic. The work was carried out by Campbell, Smith & Co. under the superintendence of J. S. Paul & Sons. 87 The … box/iron chest (petition for faculty, 15 June 1938): The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, Directory, 1939, p. …
Survey of London
… priory and St Mary's nunnery were founded in the 1140s on land granted by Jordan de Bricet, lord of Clerkenwell manor. … public conveniences for both sexes were constructed, by British Sanitary Works Ltd. Now disused, these occupy the … manufacturer and the Venetian Glass Bevelling Co. (at No. 11), and a billiard-table maker (at No. 13); the …
Survey of London
… by July 1877, and the roadway, constructed by J. Mowlem & Co., was completed in April 1878. The girder bridge carrying … Building development, c. 187594 Building on the clearance land alongside the new roads was controlled initially by the … of 1898 the Eastman Photographic Materials Co. Ltd, the British company set up by the founder of Kodak, George …
Old and New London
… and a large sum of money, to the assistance of the Holy Land. They having made all arrangements, set out from their … and at No. 35, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, is the British Horological Institute, for the cultivation of the … minister. He compiled the first seven volumes of "British Biography," and wrote fifty articles for Kippis's …
Old and New London
… in constant confinement at Montague House (the site of the British Museum). She survived her second husband thirty … intended to have devoted the profits of his great work on "British Zoology" to this school, but its expenses were so … He bequeathed his valuable library and manuscripts to the British Museum, and the residue of his small property to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 2986 a. 1 r. 20 p., chiefly meadow and pasture land; the soil is various, consisting in nearly equal … It comprises between 300 and 400 acres, chiefly meadow land; the site is elevated, and the surface undulated, and in … 1666 a. 1 r. 12 p., of which about two-thirds are meadow-land, and nearly all the rest arable. On a patent roll of the …