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… 126. P.C.C., 191 Derby. 127. M.L.R. 1726/2/405. 128. A. I. Dasent, A History of Grosvenor Square, 1935, p. 225. 129. …
Old and New London
… is referred to in "Annals of an Eventful Life," by G. W. Dasent, D.C.L. A few nooks and corners of the cathedral have …
Survey of London
… from No. 17 to the House of Lords in 1820, reproduced by Dasent. 349 These suggest that the front of the house was … elevation by Banks in his engraving of 1820 (reproduced by Dasent), depicting Queen Caroline's daily progress from Lady … of Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance Society. Dasent, op. cit. (53 above), facing p. 134. Victoria County …
Survey of London
… at his death he seems to have left very substantial debts. Dasent has supposed that 'with the establishment of the … Bason' which at that time was probably less stagnant than Dasent suggests. 78 In its centre a fountain played daily. 79 … 118 The following year the basin was filled in. 119 In Dasent's opinion 120 'one of our periodical panics of …
Survey of London
… 280 The appearance of the house in 1895 is recorded by Dasent (page 136). The chimney-stack in the centre of the … has been entirely reconstructed and is of no interest. Dasent follows the ratebooks in placing Sir John and Lady … of No. 5 at the other end of this side of the square. See Dasent, p. 135. B.M., Add. MS. 22063, item 376. P.R.O., …
Survey of London
… 14 Architect, J. Osborne Smith, 18968 This, described by Dasent before the present Library building was erected as … Court, Thanet, Kent. 285 The ratebooks, followed by Dasent, 286 seem to place the Williams at the adjacent No. 13 … 371. R.B. L.C.C.R.O., B.R.A. 633/1; P.R.O., C5/470/76. Dasent, op. cit. (53 above), p. 235. For following see …
Survey of London
… of acquiring No. 2. 340 The purchase price was said by Dasent in 1895 to have been 'probably by far the cheapest … and he may have lived at No. 15 from 1680. In 1895 Dasent wrote that the house 'is said to have cost 60,000 to … of Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance Society. Dasent, op. cit. (53 above), p. 125 n. P.O.D. One Hundred …
Survey of London
… with a Doric porch projecting to the pavement's edge. Dasent's sketch of the house shortly before demolition 404 … Cleveland House, St. James's Square. Re-drawn from A. I. Dasent's History In August 1891 the fourth and last Duke of … period the house had fallen into some degree of disrepair. Dasent, writing shortly afterwards, commented: 'The external …
Survey of London
… York's household and an officer of the Duke's guards. 435 Dasent 437 silently omits Lady Wentworth's statement that the … to have acquired the freehold by purchase it is erroneous. Dasent 470 seems to be mistaken in saying that this was not … (title-deed to No. 19 St. James's Square, 1674); D.N.B. Dasent, op. cit. (53 above), p. 152. J. P. Malcolm, Londinium …
Survey of London
… the house, although there is no positive evidence that, as Dasent suggests, 54 the house was, like Lord Ossulston's, let … and presumably continued to do so until 1710, as Dasent indicates on the evidence of ratebooks no longer … important ownership of this site is not noted by Dasent, as the series of ratebooks is defective for this …