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Survey of London
… James' Clerkenwell, which affords me the service of a town-clock. 45 Carlyle kept the lodgings till February 1825, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to have been levied for many years to maintain the church clock. 48 In 1851 at least the rate for church repair was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… land might be used for the maintenance of the bells and clock of the parish church. In 1903 about 5 a. of this lying … at Townsend brought in £20 and was spent on the bells and clock and on payment to the bellringers. In 1953 this charity had 5 a. of arable called Clock Piece and a small rent-charge from another piece of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 3 bays and in the central one is an arched panel with a clock face. Above this is a pediment with the Lopes arms …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… by a narrower cornice. In each wall of the lower is a clock-dial on a square panel flanked by scrolls; the upper … is carried by a small octagonal chamber upon a rectangular clock-chamber; the octagonal chamber has in each face a … treated round-headed doorway, and in the W. wall a clock-face; above the plinth are round-headed openings on the …
Old and New London
… on the stairs." His friends waited patiently till one o'clock, when, not making his appearance, they resolved to …
Old and New London
… which, from Easter till Holy Rood Day, was at twelve o'clock, the meridian or noon-sleep was permitted. From Holy … Rood till Lent, there was reading from prime till eight o'clock, when tierce followed; and after that, labour till … Even during the summer dinner was at nones (three o'clock) on Wednesdays and Fridays. There was silence during …
Old and New London
… things being thus far prepared, and it being about ten a clock, the proceeding began from out the said Hall into the … upon his Majesty's head, about half an hour after three o'clock, amidst the acclamations of an infinite number of …
Old and New London
… is a Grecian pediment and enrichments over the dial of the clock, and in each face of the topmost storeys is a Gothic …
Survey of London
… Astleys. Dickens described it in 1841 in Master Humphrey's Clock with all the paint, gilding, and looking-glass, the … County Council Records, Q.S. 2/1/26. Master Humphrey's Clock, by Charles Dickens, 1841. City of London Records, …