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Old and New London
… the premises of an oilman, near the entrance of Topping's wharf (which is close by the church), which was totally … holes from whence to look on the slime beneath; windows, broken and patched, with poles thrust out on which to dry the … he states that 'the houses have no owners, and they are broken open and entered upon by those who have the courage.' …
Berrick Salome
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… and Hall families, but by the 1780s had apparently been broken up. 12 At inclosure in 1863 Magdalen received 270 a. …
A Dictionary of London
… no doubt a corruption from Billiter Lane. Billingasgate Wharf The wharf of Billyngesgate is mentioned 1337-8 (Ct. H.W. I. 426). …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… event is partly strengthened by the frequent discovery of broken armour in a field near the town; the name of a rivulet … plantations, and 30 garden and orchards. The surface is broken by a series of parallel ridges, extending from east to …
Old and New London
… in its most graceful form, "The Bacchante," "The Broken Mirror," "The Broken Eggs," and the peerless portrait of "Sophie Arnould," … the critics at once decided on the pre-eminence of "The Broken Necklace," and a portrait of the famous dancer, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1986 when its estates passed to Tower Hamlets and were broken up by the Alliance into seven neighbourhoods with …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… new Emma Street, Marian Street and Square, Ada Place, and Wharf Road. The gasholders of the Imperial Gas Co. replaced … 18th century was owned by the Sotheby family. 15 It was broken up by the Regent's and Duckett's canals and lost its … paved streets and larger houses but the former were broken up and the latter overcrowded. Elsewhere roads were …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the Cambridge Road was still dangerous, with the pathways broken and 'heaps of filth . . . every 10 or 20 yards'. 74 A …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… were on demesne land west of Cambridge Road, which was broken up into freehold estates in the 1650s. Relatively few … into the 20th century: Robert Wright (d. 1873) of Wharf Cottage, Old Ford Road, in 1863, 51 Thomas Wright, John Robson at Northumberland Wharf, Bishop's Road, and Doulton and Co. at Globe Wharf, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Sun. and weekday ragged sch. in room offered by poor woman broken up by ruffians. Local cttee. formed 1848 which, aided …