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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1603-4. The justices were obliged to order a relief of 40 s. a week for the distressed inhabitants, then said to be … the same number of clothiers and it was said that the town's annual clothing return was over £100,000. 9 Many of these … to knit stockings. Men received between 8 d. and 1 s. a day, but the income of a married couple was limited to 5 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the centre of the urban district. This forms the town's main street passing through the Market Place, continuing as … unaltered. Bank House, called for a time in the 1940's Marlborough House, in West End, facing into the Market … but some of it was still open and was used for a builder's yard and as allotments. Two houses with modernized …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilkins, a clothier. 68 In 1624 the occupier was Anthony's son, William, 69 and in 1653 it was Richard Wilkins, fuller … the most powerful one in the county in 1838. In the 1840's both mills were mortgaged, and for a time Angel Mill ceased … At Bitham Mill a storehouse was built for Laverton's speculative purchases of wool and yarn. In 1930 Pond Farm …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Westmill 142. WESTMILL. (O.S. 6 in. xiv. S.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Mary, stands … and has longand-short work, of Barnack stone, at the S.E. angle of the nave; in the E. gable is some Roman brick. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in West London Westminster 16. WESTMINSTER. (O.S. 6 in. London, Sheet K.) The city of Westminster comprises … Latin. VII, 33. (2). Strand Lane, E. side, about 80 yards S. of the Strand, plunge-bath of brick with a round N. end, … 1 in. The bath is fed by a spring which now enters at the S.E. corner, and there are remains of the former feed-pipe or …
Old and New London
… dead!" Ingoldsby Legends. Tomb of King SebertSt. Benedict's ChapelSt. Edmund's ChapelSt. Nicholas's ChapelHenry VII.'s ChapelThe Royal VaultAn Authentic Ghost …
Old and New London
… Our great Cathedral fane in silence bound." Whitehead's "Legends of London." Etymology of WestminsterA Startling PropositionThe Legend of St. Peter's Dedication of the First AbbeyThe Building burnt by the … of Westminster was given to distinguish it from St. Paul's Church, in the City of London. Apropos of the origin or …
Old and New London
… ChurchDimensions of the BuildingThe West Front and Wren's Gothic TowersThe North Transept and "Solomon's Porch"The ChapelsGeneral Description of the South … of the Interior from the West DoorwayChurchill's Satirical Poem on the Tombs and MonumentsPitt's FuneralThe …
Old and New London
… Sanctuary describedThe "Quaker" TavernThe AlmonrySt. Anne's ChapelThe Gate House Prison, and its Distinguished InmatesThe Bishop of London's PrisonCaxton, and the first Printing-press in EnglandList of Works issued from Caxton's PressCaxton's Accuracy as a PrinterCaxton's House near the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Buckinghamshire Weston Underwood 219. WESTON UNDERWOOD. (O.S. 6 in. v. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Laurence, at the S.W. end of the village, is built of stone rubble with stone … date, with chamfered jambs and two-centred head. In the S. wall are two windows of the same date and design as those …