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Magna Britannia
… from a drawing in Dr. Borlase's manuscript collections, to have been standing in the year 1752, does not now exist. … ornamented, appears, from a date under a coat of arms, to have been fitted up in the year 1575; long since which … by the annexed view, which shews the court, having on the north side the hall, 22 feet by 42, in the windows of which …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in a band stretching from the centre of the Quantock ridge to the outskirts of Bridgwater, and also includes Creech St. … into Durleigh after 1696. 12 Petherton limit, part of North Petherton village but in Andersfield hundred, was a … 18 The sheriff's tourn for Andersfield with Cannington and North Petherton hundreds was held at Lypestone or Limestone …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and containing 5013 inhabitants. Andover, or, according to the charter, seal, and official documents, Andever, is a … near the edge of an extensive woodland tract forming the north-west portion of the county, is neat, airy, and well … a dry ridge of gravelly alluvium, with the Wansbeck on the north, and flat marshy gullies nearly round the other three …
A Dictionary of London
… in Charter of King Edgar, 951, and most probably refers to St. Andrew, Holborn. Other names and forms : " S. Andrew … Lib. XVI. p. 205). Andrew (St.) Holborn Churchyard On the north, south, and west sides of the church (Horwood, 1799). … Andrew (St.) Hubbard On the south side of Eastcheap at the north-west corner of Love Lane. In Billingsgate Ward (S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… The origin of the town is, by tradition, ascribed to St. Regulus, abbot of the monastery of Patrae, in the … by time. Beyond South-street, is Marketstreet, to the north of which is North-street; and still further to the north, and bordering …
A Dictionary of London
… Angel (The) Langbourn Ward extends along Lombard Street to the sign of the Angell almost to the corner by the Stockes … Golden Lane See Angel Court. Angel Alley, Houndsditch. -North-east out of Houndsditch to Gravel Lane (Strype, … Martin le Grand See Angel Street. Angel Alley, Stoney Lane North out of Stoney Lane, west of Angel Court. In Portsoken …
A Dictionary of London
… Without. Former name : " Angel Alley " (Strype, ed. 1720, to Boyle, 1799). Angel Court, Hart Street See New London … called " Eeles Yard or Court." Angel Court, Stoney Lane North out of Stoney Lane, the third turning west from … Artizans' Dwellings, 1884. Angel Court, Throgmorton Street North out of Throgmorton Street at No. 34a (P.O. Directory). …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Anglo-Saxon Gloucester must begin with some reference to the Roman town which preceded it. 1 Although there was no … earliest Roman occupation, the fort built in the 60s A.D. north of Gloucester at Kingsholm, was abandoned after a … as a stone quay and quayside retaining wall. The Roman north and east gates survived until the 11th century and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Thames, are sometimes regarded as artificial and due to the political circumstances of Viking days when it marched … has a natural boundary along the Oolite escarpment on the north-west, and on the east it reaches to the boundaries of … studied side by side with that of contemporary Berkshire north of the Downs. For this the reader must be referred to …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Somerset. The battle of Deorham, the event referred to, is the first recorded in the Anglo-Saxon history of the … West Britons, who could no longer act in concert with the North Welsh of our modern Wales, and were step by step … near the Severn at Portishead, passing by Bath to the north of Devizes, through Savernake Forest to Chisbury Camp, …