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Old and New London
… of Cromwell's BodyThe Exhumation discussedCurious Record in an Old Parish RegisterGeorge Monk at the … the StuartsCock-fightingDefoe's AccountIts Prevalence in England. In the "New View of London," published in 1708, we read, …
Old and New London
… Justice of England, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, resided in it. At his death he left it to the "Black" Friars of … who sold it to the Archbishop of York; and his successors in that metropolitan see made it their town residence for … under whom it became one of the most sumptuous palaces in England. The ancient palace of Whitehall, if we include …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… He has not answered us yet. 4. Sunday. Went to Maze Pond in morning and evening. Very rainy. This morning about past … I was blessed with another brother. 35 We are now 10 in number, 9 boys to 1 girl, which is rather out of … Houses of Parliament is now lying, so that it may be seen, in Palace Yard. That astonishing pile of buildings is now …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… th 1858 inclusive. Jan. 1. 1858. Cut up wood, put figures in block, on with Peterboro' Cathedral, etc. Fine. This last … have been the greatest distress among all classes in all parts of the country. Let us try to be proportionably … still remarkably fine. 3. Sunday. Went to Maze Pond in morning and evening. Mr Clarke preached both times. He has …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… London Diary, July-December 1858 1. July. Went to Walker in Cornhill, sketched watches, touched up yesterday's … etc. The day before yesterday there was a great fire in the London docks, which has done immense damage. There was it appears a considerable quantity of saltpetre in the portion of the building on fire, which blew some walls …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wicken Bonhunt 82. WICKEN BONHUNT. (A.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)viii. S.E. (b) xiii. N.E.) Wicken Bonhunt is a small … which was the domestic chapel of Bonhunt Manor House in the 14th century, is the principal monument. … Ecclesiastical b (1). Parish Church of St. Margaret stands in the village. The walls are of flint and pebble rubble with …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… FOR THE POOR. When giving 96 a. to Spinney priory in 1322, Mary Bassingbourn charged it with substantial … charitable duties. It was to maintain seven poor men in an almshouse at Wicken, giving each daily a halfpenny loaf … 7 By 1395 the priory was finding those duties burdensome: in 1400 Margaret Peyton alleged that the seven almsmen had …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Somerset.See Lyncombe. Widcombe WIDCOMBE, a tything, in the parish of ChewtonMendip, union of Clutton, hundred of … Widdington (St. Mary) WIDDINGTON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Saffron-Walden, hundred of Uttlesford, N. … pasture, and 248 woodland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 25, and in the gift of W. J. Campbell, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Widdington 84. WIDDINGTON. (B.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)ix. S.W. (b)xiv. N.W.) Widdington is an agricultural … but the only remaining detail of that date is a window in the N. wall of the Chancel. The Nave was possibly rebuilt in the 15th century, and the North Vestry was added during …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on Boulder Clay at about 120 m.135 m. above OD, except in the extreme S. where sands, lime-stones and clays are exposed in the valley of the E. flowing Pipewell Brook. In the centre of the parish also streams have exposed narrow …