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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of Cashio, or liberty of St. Alban's, county … monastery established here by Offa, King of Mercia, in commemoration of St. Albanus, the protomartyr of Britain. … ancient buildings, in that part of the parish called the Blacklands, now an extensive meadow, lying between the …
Survey of London
… the former Melbourne House built by Sir William Chambers in 17714 for the first Lord Melbourne. Behind the mansion two … north to Burlington Gardens were built by Henry Holland in 18023 when the mansion was reconstructed internally for occupation in apartments. Melbourne House was built on the site of an …
Old and New London
… New BuildingsThe Telegraph DepartmentOld Houses in Aldersgate StreetThe "Bull and Mouth"Milton's … down by order of the Lord Mayor and aldermen; but rebuilt in 1618, the expense (more than 1,000) being defrayed out of … by one William Parker, a merchant tailor. It was damaged in the Great Fire, but soon after repaired and beautified. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of London Aldgate ward 2. ALDGATE WARD. Aldgate … A portion of the Roman wall of the city is preserved in Nos. 1820 Jewry Street ( see London, Vol. III, p. 85). … covered with lead. The lower part of the Tower was built in the 15th century, but the rest of the church, consisting …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… of Northleach and 5 km. north-east of Cirencester. In 1976 it covered an area of 1,356 ha. (3,350 a.) 1 and was irregular in shape with the boundaries marked by field boundaries save … between 1002 and 1004 by Wulfric Spot to Burton Abbey (Staffs.) which exchanged it with King Ethelred for land …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… open fields whose ridge and furrow can still be seen in the pasture fields either side of the railway. The name … occupies the centre of the parish between valley gravel in the north and south-west and alluvium in the south, site of the former common meadow and pasture. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Alien houses The priory of Lapley 40. THE PRIORY OF LAPLEY In 1061 Burchard, son of Alfgar, Earl of Mercia, fell ill at … 74 No seal is known. R. W. Eyton, Domesday Studies, Staffs. 41-42; Eyton, Antiquities of Salop. iv. 378-9; … Dugdale, Mon. vi(2), 1042; S.H.C. 1916, 126-9; V.C.H. Staffs. iv. 28, 44, 59, 94, 146; V.C.H. Salop. i. 311. Cal. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… THE PRIORY OF TUTBURY On the authority of a couplet found in the Tutbury Cartulary 1 the foundation of Tutbury Priory, … distinct from the later Newborough (founded 1263): V.C.H. Staffs. ii. 349 n. 14. S.H.C. 4th ser. iv, pp. 64-66; V.C.H. … Mosley, Tutbury, 84. The basic description is in Plot, Staffs. 439-40. D.L. 42/4, f. 125v. Folk-lore, vii. 346. …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 1696 (BM Add. MS 9767 p. 16; ibid. 9768 p. 76). Remained in office until abolition of Committee. Blomefield, Thomas … 14 March 1664 ( CSPD 1663-4, 515) but apparently still in office 23 Sept. 1667 ( APC ( Colonial) 1613-80, 435); possibly remained in office until app. of new Council 20 Oct. 1668. du Moulin, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Alstonefield is an upland rural area 3,530 a. (1,429 ha.) in extent. It was created in 1934 from the existing civil … vii (1), 218; x (1), 116. D.R.O., D. 2375M/174/5/7. V.C.H. Staffs. i. 327; Census, 1911-31. P.R.O., HO 107/1003; HO … RG 10/2885; RG 11/2742; RG 12/2188. Census, 1951-91. Staffs. C.C., Sites and Monuments Rec. 00090, 00102- 6, …