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Survey of London
… The arcade was constructed within the westernmost margin of the Burlington House site. It was designed by Samuel Ware … the Burlington House site from his nephew, the sixth Duke of Devonshire, in August 1815 but by the early spring of that … in a report made by Ware to John Heaton, the Devonshires' London agent. The project may thus not have originated wholly …
Survey of London
… XXIII Burlington House: Stone Conduit Close The history of Burlington House commences with the erection about 1665 of a mansion begun but not completed for Sir John Denham, … Berkeley. From April to October Burlington was away from London but in November and again early in the new year of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BURNETT ( St. Michael), a parish, in the union and hundred of Keynsham, E. division of Somerset, 2 miles (S. by E.) from Keynsham; comprising 607 … 36 miles (N. W.) from Norwich, and 120 (N. N. E.) from London; containing 1126 inhabitants. This parish derives its …
A Dictionary of London
… Friars See French Horn Yard. Burr Street South-west out of Nightingale Lane to Lower East Smithfield at No 25 (P.O. … Stow, 1722. Shown in Morden and Lee, 1682. Burroughe (Lord of the) Tenement in parish of St. Andrew at Castlebaynerd, … the "Kyngeshedd" lying in a street called "Burye street," London, belonging to Sir Thomas Englefield, 24 H. VII. (Lond. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… CHURCHES. Ecclesiastically Burntwood remained part of the parish of St. Michael, Lichfield, until the 19th century. By the … pupils, set out from Lichfield to seek their fortune in London. 140 The hall was again being used as a school in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… services MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. There was a manor of PIPE by 1135, the tenant having been enfeoffed with knight's fee by the bishop of Coventry. 1 It was also known as Great Pipe, as distinct … but by 1778 he had been succeeded by his son Joseph, a London factor. 138 Joseph sold the farm in 1784 to John …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… or Burrow-on-the-Hill ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of Gartree, N. division of the county of Leicester, 6 miles … Newcastle, 19 (N.) from Stafford, and 151 (N. E.) from London; containing, with the lordship of Hulton-Abbey, the …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… ON THE HILL Burrough on the Hill lies on the western edge of the uplands of east Leicestershire, about twelve miles north-east of … of its holding in the district, to Mr. E. E. Cook of London for £26,500. 81 ECONOMIC HISTORY. The several holdings …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burslem Buildings, manors and estates BURSLEM The borough of Burslem consisted by 1910 of the townships of Burslem 1 … By 1790 Burslem was served by daily mail coaches between London and the North, evidently from the Legs of Man Inn … Hanley along a 'street railway' built by George Train of Boston, Mass. 125 These were replaced by the North …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and Public Services Burslem, though anciently part of the parish of Stoke, was evidently an independent parish for civil … They employed their own travellers and traded direct with London and Liverpool instead of relying on the itinerant …