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Survey of London
… In medieval times this land was a corner of St Mary's Close, the nunnery field purchased after the Dissolution by … which he left to his male heirs to become the family's London home, or 'Seckfordes Seate'. In the event this did … injured, and most of the houses opposite in Corporation Lane (now Row) were damaged beyond repair (Ill. 47). 140 The …
Survey of London
… Clerkenwell Close area St James Clerkenwell St James's Church St James's Church, erected in 178892, is the only known building of … scene-painter at Sadler's Wells, Covent Garden and Drury Lane theatres, to paint free of charge, 'some ornaments at …
Survey of London
… vicinity in the 1560s 92. Clerkenwell Green and St James's Church in 2007 93. Nos 1620 Clerkenwell Green in 2007 Patterns of change since the Dissolution St John's priory and St Mary's nunnery were founded in the 1140s on … those of Clerkenwell Close, St John's Square and St John's Lane. 7 Extensive vaults beneath No. 37A and adjoining …
Survey of London
… Road and Theobalds Road, admiring Isaacs & Florence's 'quiet and dignified' Holborn Town Hall (in the Holborn … on the south side of Clerkenwell Road west of St John's Square were renumbered. This removed the confusion caused … was between Back Hill in Holborn, just east of Leather Lane, and St John Street. To the west, Liquorpond Street, …
Old and New London
… and Attempted Rescue of Fenian PrisonersSt. John's GateKnights Hospitallers and Knights Templars Rules and … Visitors at the PrioryThe Present ChurchThe Cock Lane GhostSt. John's GateThe Jerusalem TavernCave and the … Grimstone, and soon after was chosen lecturer at St. Clement Danes. In 1679 appeared the first folio volume of the …
Old and New London
… ManBerkeley Street"Sally in our Alley"Red Bull TheatreWard's Public-houseThe Old and New Church of St. James. Bowling-greens were once numerous in Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell. In 1675, says Mr. Pinks, there were two at … through an arch. This game expanded became Charles II.'s favourite diversion, "Pall Mall," and, contracted and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 6. 11. 10.; net income, 165; patrons, J. Carpenter … of Portbury, E. division of Somerset, 12 miles (W. by S.) from Bristol; containing 1748 inhabitants. This parish is … at an expense of 1200, on a site given by George Lane Fox, Esq., who contributed 100 of the amount; it is …
Survey of London
… Barry designed a pierced screen which was to flank Nash's triumphal arch, then recently removed from its original … Palace (Plate 245). The scheme was not executed, and Nash's 'Marble Arch' was reerected in its present position at … near Berkeley House and in Duke's Court, St. Martin's Lane, in 1685. 52 These were all minor schemes compared with …
A History of the County of Sussex
… centre of the present parish including the sites of Hobb's Farm, the school, and Brookpits Manor. 55 The area of … to be kept up in the early 18th century; by 1731 Christ's Hospital as landowner had constructed groynes alongside its … c. 6 houses in 1778. 48 In 1843 three or four flanked a lane along the south-east side of the churchyard. 49 Other …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Roman a(1) Roman settlement (?) (SP 701806), lies S.W. of the village on gravel at 145 m. above OD. A small … burial (5). a(5) Saxon burial (SP 714815), perhaps in the S.E. part of the village, on clay at 126 m. above OD. One … of the village was the area around High Street and Church Lane, centred on the church in which there is some evidence …