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Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… which was intended to accommodate fifteen hundred persons with convenient seats. Several architects presented plans; … The chord line formed the south front, and was adorned with a handsome Doric portico, similar to the one which … occupies the east wing of the vestibule. In a stone closet, with an iron door, the parish registers and other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… co-founder ( tanquam alteros fundatores). 3 In accordance with this, the estates which Chichele and his lawyers had … granting them are in common form. 13 Chichele's relations with the University had long been close. In 1432 he gave 200 … date from this change. Adjoining this parlour was a closet (under the hall stairs?) of which we learn; '1629, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Alstonfield. ALLSTONEFIELD.See Alstonfield. Allton, with Idridgehay.See Idridgehay. ALLTON, with Idridgehay.See Idridgehay. Allwinton, county of … 5 miles (S. S. E.) from BlandfordForum; containing, with the hamlet of Mapperton, 189 inhabitants. It comprises …
A History of the County of Oxford
… local gentry, and by the mid 19th century, when still held with manorial rights, it comprised under 300 acres. The only … and in 1086, as 2 hides, by the English thegn Saeric, with whose other lands it passed before the early 12th … held of his gift. 5 Then and presumably earlier the manor, with Saeric's lands in Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and Tiddington and part of the hamlet of Bridgetown, with the Manor House, which was once the residence of the … plan may be of c. 1500 or earlier, and was of half-H shape with the cross-wings projecting to the south; it was always … beams and joists. Next north of the chimney-stack is a closet, formerly the small lobby inside the north entrance …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Connexion; also a national school on the Madras system, with about 350 children; a Church Sunday school, of 300 … its scenery; and consists chiefly of one street, lighted with naphtha, but not paved: the houses, though detached and … a peculiar kind of marble, of a dusky green colour, veined with white, is found. The market, granted in 1650 to the …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… to the challenge of a multi-confessional society, with special reference to British North America, 1763-1851. … press view and treatment of Argentine affairs, 1943-55, with particular reference to the popular press. Howells, G. … and Smyth families of Bristol in the 18th century, with special reference to the Spring plantation, Jamaica. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… for the appearance of certain witnesses in connection with the case of the ship Society. Ordered that the Clerks of … of that company. In that time one James Smailes arrived with a ship which was ordered after an action at law to be … would give new life to the ignorant and factious mob which delights in the disorder which it conceives to be the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of Virginia. James Mings ordered to attend on the 20th with the papers as to the survey of Pamunkey Neck. [ Col. … who were active in the late revolution, are well satisfied with the government; and if another attack in Canada be … pay rates, or in default of estate (which is not the case with these five persons) to put them in gaol. The prisoners …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the Governor there, has been forced to supply them with, or they must have starved for six months past, nothing … erecting of Companies in order to the carrying on a Trade with the Indians, so as to make it an advantage and security … men to reside there always, the rest to carry on the trade with the Indians with all the justice and kindness …