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Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… James Lamb prays a building lease. Prefixing:Said Surveyor's report on Lamb's petition. Crown Lease Book IV. p. 174. Jan 5. Petition to … co. Cumberland, purchased of the Crown by petitioner's grandfather, Sir John Bennet, afterwards Lord Ossulston. …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… the incorporation of said repairs into His Majesty's Works in General as by a royal sign manual of 1715, August … for the Works of date 1726, June 20. Lord Chamberlain's Warrant Book II. p. 134. Treasury warrant to the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer. For stay of process against …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wenden Lofts 79. WENDEN LOFTS. (A.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)viii. N.W. (b)viii. S.W.) Wenden Lofts is a small parish, with no village, about … doorway from the former church was re-set in the S. wall of the nave. The doorway has been much restored; it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Weobley 74 WEOBLEY (O.S. 6 in. (a)XVIII, S.W., (b)XVIII, S.E., (c)XXV, N.E.) Weobley is a parish and small town 8 m. …
Survey of London
… and (together with some acres adjoining in the Gray's Inn Road area of Holborn) was a single landholding until … until the dissolution of the monasteries to St Mary's nunnery, whose precinct lay on the east side of the high … was mostly taken up by two fields of pasture: Gardiner's Field to the north and the larger Sir John Oldcastle's …
A History of the County of Sussex
… years arable land of the yearly value of more than 4 10 s. had been drowned by the sea, and other lands worth over 3 … is some contemporary wall panelling and doors with 'cock's-head' hinges. Around the site are the remains of a square … here, as in general in the coastal area. 14 The prebendary's great tithes of corn were reckoned at 716, and the other …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the poor was to be spent on coats, bearing the testator's cloth-mark upon the sleeve. In 1834 a scheme was made for … compensation made to Phillips. At the time of Phillips's death in 1833 the Penknap congregation numbered 175. At about this date a stream near Boyer's Mill was used for baptisms, later a stream at Stormore was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in West London Westminster 16. WESTMINSTER. (O.S. 6 in. London, Sheet K.) The city of Westminster comprises … Latin. VII, 33. (2). Strand Lane, E. side, about 80 yards S. of the Strand, plunge-bath of brick with a round N. end, … 1 in. The bath is fed by a spring which now enters at the S.E. corner, and there are remains of the former feed-pipe or …
Old and New London
… Residents in King StreetOliver Cromwell's MotherA Strange Incident in the Life of CromwellKing … StreetGreat George StreetLying in State of Lord Byron's BodyInstitution of Civil EngineersNational Portrait … NursesThe National SocietyAnecdote about Sir John Hawkins's "History of Music"Her Majesty's Stationery OfficeParker …
Old and New London
… Westminster St. James's Park CHAPTER V. ST. JAMES'S PARK. "A spark That less admires the Palace than the Park." Pope. Storey's GateOrigin of "Birdcage Walk"The Wellington BarracksOrigin …