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Survey of London
… was underneath the Guard Chamber, is described on p. 146. Close by, if not actually in that building, was a place for … and his widow was soon after given some additional rooms close to the Privy Stairs. 167 The list of Whitehall lodgings … several references which show that the Shield Gallery was close to the Privy Stairs, 172 and it seems probable that it …
Survey of London
… (see p. 8), if indeed it was finished, and the wine cellar close by still persists. The exact extent of York Place, as … he recover any of them again." These two disasters coming close together provoked the issue of special regulations 127 … any guns up the Chimneys, but rather clap a wet sheet very close against the Mantle and jambes." The Great Fire of …
Old and New London
… among the female part of the Court at Whitehall, at the close of the reign of Charles II. Macaulay, at all events, …
Old and New London
… discussed passing events with bitternessthe dramatic close of the days of Charles II., who begged pardon of his …
Old and New London
… government, &c., and also to the prevention of disease. Close by is the office of the Board of Trade and Plantations, … well adapted to the purposes to which they are devoted. Close by stood a small public-house, of which Charles Dickens … of Whitehall, and have well nigh effaced the narrow and close cul de sac of Downing Street. Before closing our …
Old and New London
… its precincts, was of great extent, stretching from close to where now stands Westminster Bridge nearly up to … north gate of King Street; having a gate into the park, close to which was an old staircase, used, no doubt, by … The "lodgings belonging to his Majesty" faced the river, close to the "Privy Stairs." Those of the Duke of York …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inclosure in 1793. The Knottingley and Goole canal passes close to the village. There is a place of worship for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hen, a noble British bard, who flourished about the close of the 6th century. He also describes it as the spot … Mr. Edward Leese, jun., who has a neat cottage-residence close by; and near the Leeds and Liverpool canal, which runs …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… coffin burials to the S. in Sandywell Park 1 were close to this line. Monuments in Whittington. Allegedly Roman … by Mr. W. Cox in an excavation immediately S.W. of Black Close; another brooch of similar type has been found in the … earth is still widespread. Recent excavation between Black Close and the railway embankment at S.W. has revealed a ditch …