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Survey of London
… origins of Albert Gate go back to January 1838, when Sir Charles Morgan and his wife Sydney, the Irish popular … plot to the west (where the Cannon Brewhouse had stood): 'I would rather not venture upon a further outlay at present', … judge at the Great Exhibition, went to hear them: 'I have never heard anything so strange in my life', he wrote …
Survey of London
… departure some years later. 47 The novelist and playwright Charles Reade lived at No. 2 Albert Terrace (later No. 19 … site in the 1950s. 50 Some residents of High Row Before Charles Reade came to live at Albert Terrace, his nephew, … Paul Bedford, the comedian famous for the catch-phrase 'I believe you, my boy' who lived at No. 18 High Row in the …
Survey of London
… and a penthouse. 13 In 1605 an order was made by James I for water to be piped to the hospital from a nearby spring … and Henry M. Eyton (Plate 19c, 19d). S. S. Teulon and Charles Gray were among the unsuccessful competitors. 26 The … After mortgaging his interest to the former Chelsea MP Sir Charles Dilke, Bailey entered into agreement with Sir Thomas …
Survey of London
… foundered, at least in part because of the efforts of Charles Reade, whose home stood in the way. Denouncing … of 'influence enough at the Board to carry anything I please'. The charge, published in April 1888, was repeated … of the alterations and improvements to the building were Charles Mews and A. J. Davis. 160 Mews, the planner of the …
Survey of London
… Knightsbridge South Side: East of Sloane Street CHAPTER I Knightsbridge South Side: East of Sloane Street This … Crescent on the Grosvenor estate, and William Street and Charles (now Seville) Street on the Lowndes estate (the … was the English and Foreign Library, run here from 1849 by Charles Westerton, previously of Park Side, at No. 20 (later …
Survey of London
… Vice-Admiral Sir George Lambert, and Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles Du Plat, a former equerry to Prince Albert. Shares in … inter-tribal fight, against a moving panorama painted by Charles Marshall. After seeing the show, Charles Dickens was moved to conclude that 'if we have …
Survey of London
… with Benjamin Crompton, working from premises in Charles Street off St James's Square, and near Charing Cross. … the rest of the estate to Knightsbridge, William and Charles (now Seville) Streets, were the only parts of the … for George Downing, whose floorcloth factory west of Charles Street was pulled down about this time. Downing …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… have come from Owston Abbey and to have been inserted by Charles H. Scott (d. 1895) who once occupied the house. 12 … manor belonged to Roger Dale. 43 In 1656-7 it passed to Charles and Anne Dale, who sold it to Richard Halsall in … of Cold Overton. There are only two bells in the tower: (i) inscribed 1731, but probably recast; (ii) a small …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… [D] Laing, , 3 Lee St, Manchester, cm (1800). [D] Laing, Charles, 20 George St, Adelphi, London, cm (1809). [D] Laing, … High St, Whitchurch, Salop, cm (1835). [D] Laking, Charles, Diglake, Stafford, cm (181822). [D] Laking, Thomas, … u, cm, carpet and paper warehouse (1839). [D] Lingard, I., York St, Commercial Rd, Whitechapel, London, bedstead …
Calendar of Documents Preserved in France
… II. fo. 102. See ut supra, p. 28.) 784. Charter of Richard I. addressed generally. He confirms to the abbey of Luzerne … formerly at Sous-prfecture of Mortain. 5 .] Inspeximus by Charles IV., in 1323, 6 of the following: 1105. (Archives … 1158. (Original in archives. 7 Seal broken. Trans. Vol. I. fo. 89.) 788. Charter of William, count of Mortain, …