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Old and New London
… Chelsea CHAPTER V. CHELSEA. "The sands of Chelsey Fields." Ben Jonson. Boundary of the ParishEtymology of its … "All the grass that Romney yields, Or the sands of Chelsey Fields." Macaulay reminds us that, at the end of the reign of … the house was shut up because of the sickness." Chelsea Fields must have been quite a rustic spot even to a yet later …
Survey of London
… Lyeth the Body of M r IOHN HERGEST of S t Martins in the Fields who Departed this Life the tenth Day of June Anno … Cratford Gentleman of the Parish of S t Giles in the Fields buried here by his own order He dyed November the 8 th … Clayton Milborne Esq re of y e Parish of S t Giles in y e Fields He died Sept 12 1726 t: 47 Haueing Purchased y e …
The Environs of London
… of great piety, and founder of the alms-houses near Tothil-fields. The monument is inscribed with several Latin verses, …
The Environs of London
… year 1655, aged 82, and was buried at St. Martin's in the Fields 174. Family of Cheyne, Lord Newhaven. "Elizabeth, … gave directions for the founding an hospital in Tothill-fields, to be called Emanuelhospital, pursuant to a plan … them to convey water from a certain place in Hackney-fields, between Lock-bridge and Bow-bridge; for which purpose …
The Environs of London
… Knightsbridge chapel, in the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, belonged formerly to a lazar-house there; that twenty … and situated in the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, to Sir Anthony Browne. Pat. I Ed. VI. pt. 9. June 28. …
Old and New London
… of Charles II., it was only a narrow lane through the fields, for the convenience of the farmers and gardeners who …
Old and New London
… and the principal part of the gardens was converted into fields, though the house remained unaltered. Part of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… were commuted for land and money payments in 1805. Cherry-Burton, county of York.See Burton, Cherry. CHERRY-BURTON, county of York.See Burton, Cherry. And other places …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… site and fishponds (12) Cultivation remains. The common fields of the parish were enclosed by Act of Parliament in … previously (NRO, Survey of 1789) there were four common fields in Chelveston and three in Caldecote but their exact … not identifiable with certainty. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields is still visible on the ground, or traceable on air …