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Survey of London
… the Archbishop of Canterbury. 248 Part of the terrace of houses erected at the east end of the south side circa 1815 still survive. Nos. 1 and 3 are both stucco-fronted houses with an ornamental band under the first floor cills. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Worcester, a mile (W.) from Kidderminster. Several new houses have been erected in this agreeable part of the … formed, but containing some wellbuilt and many respectable houses: it is only indifferently paved, is lighted with gas, … in the rural parts of the parish are various other meeting-houses for different denominations. The free grammar school …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… In Chaigley, Chadswell and Chapel House are central, the houses known as the hall and the manor lying to the east and … on either side, together with the gardens and summer-houses on the south, were in course of formation in 1696, and … house on the south side, and were in the then prevalent Dutch style, with yew hedges, flights of stone steps, …
Old and New London
… for in 1597 he purchased for 60 New Place, one of the best houses in Stratford. In 1613 we find Shakespeare purchasing a … Theatre was pulled down in Cromwell's time (1655), and houses built in its room. Randolph, the dramatist, a pupil of … and effected many reforms in the prisons and lockup houses. In his useful "Letter to the Livery of London" he …
A Dictionary of London
… petition by the inhabitants against the erection of timber houses there 1618. The Lord Mayor, having made enquiry into the matter, found that the projected houses were on former sites, but were larger and more airy, … was a covenant to make an "ale" called "entre" between two houses. Possibly this was the first mention of the "alley," …
Survey of London
… name was changed to Blackfriars Road. Most of the original houses in Great Surrey Street were built between 1765 and … builders or speculators. Only a few 18th century houses now remain. Nos. 212 ( West Side) Nos. 116 were formerly a terrace of four-storey houses in yellow stock brickwork and Nos. 212 retain to some …