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Old and New London
… THEATRE. "The houses twain Of Covent Garden and of Drury Lane." Rejected Addresses. The Building of the Theatre"Rich's … to Noblemen. We have seen that "the new playhouse in Drury Lane" was frequently spoken of as "Covent Garden Theatre," … actors, and theatrical critics of Grub Street or Drury Lane, who "lived from hand to mouth." The ordinaries of the …
Survey of London
… although this in turn probably derived from Wren's Drury Lane of 16724 and Vanbrugh's Haymarket opera house of 17045 … feature of Henry Holland's Covent Garden and Drury Lane auditoria. P.R.O., C11/2662/1. The Gentleman's Magazine, …
Survey of London
… following year he also mortgaged his 2/36 share of Drury Lane Theatre, his 7/36 share of the Lincoln's Inn Fields … Beard, an actor and singer who had performed at both Drury Lane and with Rich at Covent Garden. 25 For the next six … invited Powell, a successful young actor at Drury Lane, to join them. Powell consented, but after signing a …
Alumni Oxonienses
… aged 18; B.A. from Hart Hall 18 Feb., 1641-2, of Drury Lane. See Berry's Herts. Cowper, William s. Spencer, of … of St. Fridiswide Priory, rector of St. Michael, Crooked Lane, canon of Lincoln 1530, and of Henry VIII.'s College …
Survey of London
… north from the City, leading to what are now Farringdon Lane and King's Cross Road (Ill. 229). It had become a narrow … supplies of fresh water from the Fleet, the Faggeswell Brook south of Cow Cross, and Fagge's Well itself, probably … century there were shops in the vicinity of Peter's Lane, and a variety of craftsmen there, including tilers, a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… from Lewes rape, is marked for two stretches by Spronketts Lane and Wyndham Lane, and that on the west largely followed … early 17th century, when houses were built or rebuilt at Brook Farm, Hookland, and Chatfield's Farm, of which no medieval record has been found. Brook Farm, on an irregular H plan, was restored and extended …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 72 the last miller moved to an oil-powered mill in Mill Lane, which was burnt down in 1933. 73 The lower mill was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had one of the two pounds which gave the name to Pound Lane 16 in the south-west quarter of the parish where most of … before 1733 had a pound 18 which also gave the name to a lane. In the courts for Stretham, Ewhurst, Shermanbury, 19 … later three waywardens served at a time, one each for East Lane, Middle Lane, and West Lane. 29 The parish maintained …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… the south-west, the river Churn, then called Cockleford's brook, on the east, and tributary streams on part of the … 19th century. 29 The village spread westwards along the lane rising from the cross, and in that part, known as the … the former rectory, which stands a little way south of the lane. 31 North of the lane a cottage, which was part of the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and West Drayton, and mostly to the north of the Iver Lane turning, lay the village formerly known as Cowley … Street past the church and across the Pinn to Kingston Lane in Hillingdon, lay open-field land which was known in … in the parish: on the west side they followed Peachey Lane (since diverted) and the Fray's River, and on at least …