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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … and routed the Roman army, and laid waste the open country as far as York; but Marcellus Ulpius, who had been … being seen beyond Sheffield, in that direction, but high black moors, which, running north-westward, join the lofty …
Survey of London
… CHAPTER 11: YORK BUILDINGS ( formerly George Street) Date and Description. York Buildings, the name which was once used … Street circa 1852. Only four houses there, Nos. 6, 7, 9 and 10, all of which are on the west side of the street, … York Buildings, but the whole story of his visit to this country appears to be apocryphal. 260 William Adam bought the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… area (W. of the Ouse), the Central area (between the Ouse and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the following … ... with Altar handsomly railed in, and the Pavement black and white marble, a decent Pulpit and all the Furniture …
Survey of London
… surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand between the … terms, that he proposed to take a few days' holiday in the country "to air both myself and my house." 201 When Essex … which the Duke danced: and afterwards we set to and danced country-dances till four in the morning, thence we were shown …
Survey of London
… as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in … The monks of Westminster were the lords of the fee, and a yearly payment had to be made to them of a taper of 2 … of later writers, that Hubert gave his property to the Black Friars, who in turn disposed of it to the archbishop, …
Survey of London
… York Road CHAPTER 7 - YORK ROAD [See plates 25, 26 and 27.] The first Waterloo Bridge Act contained a clause for … Lambeth. Except for a fringe of cottages along Narrow Wall and for Phelps' soap factory, 91 which stood east of Narrow … was the first to practise antiseptic midwifery in this country. 99 In 1907 two houses adjacent to the hospital on …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… esq., Francis Beamount, esq., John Markham, esq., and Philip Tyrwhit Anthony Thorold, esq., and Ann his wife The moiety of the manors of Clifton and … Kempe, William Wallar de Owldstocke Charitie in the country of Southampton, esq., John Jackson, and Askulphus …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Zaffre - Zoobditty match Zaffre Also known as saffer and saffre, this processed BLUE mineral, that is roasted … COBALT ore, or impure cobalt arsenate. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the centre of production in Europe … until the ARSENIC came off in a white smoke that settled and was collected in a long wooden tunnel. The zaffre was …
A History of the County of Somerset
… paper on the subject to the Somerset Archological and Natural History Society in 1851 ( Proceed. pp. 95110). … such species as the American hawk-owl, Egyptian vulture or black stork within the bounds of the county. On comparing the … Steep Holm might add these two and other species to the country list. While on the subject of migration it may be …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Molluscs and Insects ZOOLOGY MOLLUSCS NON-MARINE Favoured in its … reparius, Kellner, the first recorded as taken in this country. Cicindelid Cicindela campestris, L. Batheaston … Aporia cratgi, L. As in other parts of England, the 'Black-veined White' has not been seen for many years. It was …