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A Dictionary of London
… Yeldehalle - Yvilane Yeldehalle The chamber of Yeldehalle in Candelwikestrete, 1369, in the parish of St. Clement (Cal. L. Bk. G. p.258). Not identified. Riley … identified. Yeuan (St.) See Audoen (St.). York Abbot of London residence in parish of St. Peter Paul's Wharf, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) … and the Rev. Richard Thomas, A. B.; genealogists and antiquaries. In the township of Gest, in the parish, lived … machine erected in 1828, from designs by Mr. Brunton, of London, and worked by a water-wheel of large diameter. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 320 … of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way the two types of animal apply their tractive power most effectively. By … visitor in the 1720s commented on the many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for sale.' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is divided … past nine centuries the castle has been, like the Tower of London, a fortress, a royal palace, a mint, and a prison, as …
Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first … Sir Thomas, changed name to Wriothesley; probably b. in London; lived in Barbican; citizen and draper 1509. His s. …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … formed the river approach, was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, … profightes of the gardeyns there." The Duke had already a London residence in Barbican, and he seems to have used the …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was …
Survey of London
… Place and George Court CHAPTER 10: YORK PLACE ( formerly Of Alley) AND GEORGE COURT York Place, a narrow court running … to the New Exchange, but within the first few years of its existence it became known as Of Alley, a name which it retained until circa 1855 when it …
Survey of London
… Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford Street across Waterloo Road to Westminster Bridge … ultimately became York Road, was made across demesne land of the Arch bishop's manor of Lambeth. Except for a fringe of … p. 28) in 182429. 74 Part of this land was sold to the London and South Western Railway in 1848 when the line was …