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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Giles) WHITACRE, NETHER ( St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Meriden, Coleshill division of the hundred of … to Tamworth passes through, and the Birmingham and Hampton-in-Arden branches of the Derby railway meet and have a … partly built of brick and partly of stone, are ranged on bold acclivities on the opposite sides of the river. The …
Survey of London
… or path known as Hedge Lane or Colman Hedge Lane, in existence in the reign of Henry VIII, and probably much earlier. It is … Palmer (1776 ). No. 16.Richard Johncock (16931700), John Willey (170103), Thos. Bentley (1704), Richard Johncock …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WHITEFIELD, Gloucestershire.See Apperly. Whitefield, in Lancashire.See Pilkington, and Stand. WHITEFIELD, in Lancashire.See Pilkington, and Stand. Whitefield, East and West WHITEFIELD, EAST and WEST, tythings in the parish of Wiveliscombe, union of Wellington, W. …
Old and New London
… "Fortunes of Nigel"Shadwell's Squire of AlsatiaA Riot in WhitefriarsElizabethan Edicts against the Ruffians of … ResidenceQueen Katherine's Trial Her Behaviour in CourtPersecution of the First CongregationalistsGranaries … and Coal Stores destroyed by the Great FireThe Flogging in BridewellSermon on Madame CreswellHogarth and the …
Survey of London
… times, and of different Models, which they made Contiguous in the best Manner they could for the Residence of the Court; … seems aptly to describe the appearance of the Palace in the early part of Charles II's reign. The building … of the Privy Gallery, and one can only wonder at Pennant's bold identification of its site on the western side of …
Old and New London
… Justice of England, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, resided in it. At his death he left it to the "Black" Friars of … who sold it to the Archbishop of York; and his successors in that metropolitan see made it their town residence for … so the palace was never completed." The original drawings, bold in their conception, are preserved at Worcester College, …
Old and New London
… NelsonAnecdote of Mr. CrokerThe Horse GuardsThe Commander-in-Chief's DepartmentPennant's View of the Old Horse … the Admiralty. The present extensive building was erected in the reign of George II., from the designs of Ripley, on … it from the Parade behind the Horse Guards, is at once bold and massive, the principal features being the lofty …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Whittlesford Whittingham WHITTINGHAM, a township, in the ecclesiastical parish of Goosnargh, parish of Kirkham, … containing 691 inhabitants. Warin de Whitington, who lived in the reign of John, held lands in the township, and his descendants held the manor in the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… as far as possible, the riotous meetings such as were in Hyde Park last Sunday. Today it is computed that at least 150,000 people assembled in the park and 600 policemen to oppose them. Upwards of 100 … outlines of the treaty are in the papers. 23. Sunday. Mr Willey of Oxford preached. No news. Warm and very wet. Mr …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Wick WICK, a royal burgh, the county town, and a parish, in the county of Caithness; containing, with Pulteney-Town … Reiss, and Ackergill, 10,393 inhabitants, of whom 1333 are in the town, 16 miles (S. by E.) from Canisbay, 20 (S. E. by … 276 (N.) from Edinburgh. This place, of which the name, in the Celtic language, signifies a village or small town on …