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Survey of London
… With the Penton Estate itself in its last throes as a body, imposing a new shape upon this unloved area fell to …
A History of the County of Sussex
… her kneels a girl in a kirtle, the upper part of the body missing. The soffit of the niche is panelled in … only in a cloak, the skirt of which is brought across his body and thrown over his left elbow, both fore-arms are … amongst the poor every Easter Monday. The governing body of the charity consists of two persons appointed by the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… tower and spire were built in the late 13th century, the body of the church being rebuilt in the 14th century. 46 The … resulting from the reroofing of the chapel in 1779. 56 The body of the church, which is long and high, appears to be … the original church dedicated to St. Peter, and the body of the church a new one built in the early 16th century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… first of a number of churches built and endowed by that body for the benefit of the bargemen. The living is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… windows with round heads to the galleries. InteriorThe body of the church is of five bays separated from the aisles … similar but with a cornice on the staircase side. Over the body of the church is a semi-circular barrel-vault of plaster … have also the upper part of the walls on either side. The body of the church is in seven bays; the easternmost is …
Old and New London
… slain at Bayonne, in France, in 1296, and his body was brought to England for interment in this chapel. "An … . . . and here we did see, by particular favour, the body of Queen Katharine of Valois; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands, and I did kiss her mouth, reflecting upon …
Old and New London
… hand to a request coming from so venerable and important a body as the Society of Antiquaries. Mr. Gilbert Scott is … saying mass in a church of that name in Rome." In 1719 the body of Joseph Addison lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber, … the pall; and here, also, a similar honour was paid to the body of Matthew Prior, for we are told in the Daily Post of …
Old and New London
… Alterations to the Abbey by Henry III.Translation of the Body of Edward the ConfessorThe Abbey damaged by Fire in … the same day, writes Dart, from "Wyke's Chronicles," the body of Edward the Confessor, "that before laye in the syde … a month after the date of the will. He ordered that his body should be interred before the high altar, with that of …
Old and New London
… and costly pageant, the expense of carrying the royal body from Denmark House to the Abbey being set down at …