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Survey of London
… some 27 feet by 14 feet, are contained in the massive first stage of the tower. This projects for about one-third … arch over the middle bay. Without the portico, the lofty first stage of the tower would have formed a front with three … surround of the oculus, which is fringed with ornaments of fruits and flowers. This oculus is closed, like the one …
Survey of London
… of churches required was thus reduced to fifty. 2 In the first few years of the Commission the building of this number … of churches continued to be contemplated. During the first two years of the Commission's existence the … moor was one of these throughout the whole period. His first colleague was William Dickin son, surveyor to the Dean …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… southward from the Butteries was rebuilt during the first half of the 19th century and subsequently extended by … the Gatehouse with the Library to the S. of it on the first floor, is part of the Foundress's buildings, but may … of each is a large cartouche flanked by carved bunches of fruits and flowers and painted with the arms of (N.E.) …
Old and New London
… insisted on the worthy prelate remaining covered. Edward first gave the bishop hearty thanks for his good sermon and … mean mee; for I am in highest place, and therefore am the first that must make answer unto God for my negligence, if I … lad; and the sight of a boy in fetters, upon the day of my first putting on the blue clothes, was not exactly fitted to …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and are of far later date, neither being earlier than the first quarter of the 16th century. The details of the chapel … type, and its completion must be dated well into the first quarter of the 16th century, the initials of William … is nothing to show how the stairs were planned in the first instance. The north aisle of the eastern arm is of five …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… by the fall of the cliff; the lodge gates are those of the first house, and the grounds, which are finely wooded, are … thm eaum, 'between the waters.' The Hampshire Twinham first appears in the chronicle in the annal for 901, which … therefore fortified and made a borough at some time in the first quarter of the 10th century. 62 In 1086 the 'borough of …
Survey of London
… This church, consecrated on 13th July, 1837, was the first to be built under Bishop Blomfield's church extension … is a brick tower of three stages covered by a steeple. The first stage is of brick with projections on each face; the …
A Dictionary of London
… in parish of St. Sepulchre, in ward of Farringdon Without. First mention : I Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. I. 188). Also … alley of this name occupying part of the site of the first Royal Exchange, and removed for its erection in 1566. … site occupied by the Grey Friars Monastery (O.S. 1894). First mention : The site of the monastery was granted to the …
Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London
… Henry de 1Corenhell,; Richard Fitz-Reyner, These were the first Sheriffs of London, being so appointed at the Feast of Saint Michael, in the year of Grace 1188, the first year of the reign of King Richard; and in the same … of 3Londeneetane was made Mayor of London; who was the first Mayor of the City, and continued to be such Mayor to …
Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London
… 5 A space of fifteen days, reckoning as full days both the first and last; our fortnight. I. e. three in the afternoon. …
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