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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… is rectangular, with a modern addition at the S. end. The central chimney stack is of thin bricks. Inside the house are … also modern, but with some re-used material. The original central chimney stack is repaired at the top. Inside the …
Old and New London
… I., Francis Child, an industrious apprentice of the old school, married the daughter of his master, William Wheeler, … its useful files of newspapers and for its having been the central committee-room of the Society for Repealing the Paper …
Old and New London
… 85, south side) is said to occupy the site of the small school, in the house of a tailor, in which Milton once earned … had cruelly maligned Leigh Hunt and his set (the "Cockney School," as the Scotch Tories chose to call them), was … an orphan when only four months old, he was placed at the school of a Mr. Moore by his uncle, on whose death, about …
Old and New London
… memories of Fetter Lane is that which connects it with the school-days of that delightful essay-writer, Charles Lamb. He … himself, in one of Hone's chatty books, has described the school, and Bird, its master, in his own charming way. Both … says Mr. Fitzgerald, in his Memoir of Lamb, went to a school where Starkey had been usher about a year before they …
Old and New London
… brother, was born in 1745, and educated at St. Paul's School. He was editor and printer of the Morning Chronicle, …
Old and New London
… her. She remembers Chatterton having been at his father's school, and that he always called Richard Phillips, her …
Old and New London
… by the Stationers' Company, and fitted up as a cheap school (six shillings a quarter). In 1861 Mr. Foss, Master of … after that a tormented and jaded usher at a Peckham school; last, and worst of all, a hack writer of articles for …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Methodists, Independents, and Baptists. A National school was built in 1820, by the subscriptions of a few individuals; and a very small Roman Catholic school is supported: the Sunday schools are seven in number, … four arched openings afforded entrance to the inner and central area, twenty-two feet in diameter. This tower, which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in 1732. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a school is endowed with 5. 10. per annum. Adjoining the ample … is a place of worship for Independents; and a parochial school is supported by endowment. Flordon (St. Michael) … and Unitarians, have places of worship; and a national school is supported by subscription. Flyford-Flavel (St. John …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… I have received the following information respecting the school-house there. "November 18th, 1845. "My dear Sir,In … 1690. This clearly shows what I have before heard, the school was built with materials collected from the fire, …