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A History of the County of Oxford
… and the palace; (iii) a great parterre and walled, formal garden, later (presumably because of its bastioned curtain … spring feeding a decorative basin, and also the Bernini fountain, a gift to the 1st duke from the Spanish ambassador … and a circular rosary, with radiating paths and a central fountain, on the site of the former Chinese temple. 15 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Woodstock from other royal stews in 1256 and 1305. 61 A garden fishpond was built in 1256, but the two main ponds, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wootton parish) was held by serjeanty of tending the royal garden. Some Combe tenants were obliged to provide a truss of … within it. Presumably the conduit supplied the great fountain in the principal courtyard, mentioned in 1593-5, and … chamber. The wardrobe court, which contained a second fountain, included the Lord Chamberlain's lodgings and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… out as the sites of hunting-seats of King John; and "Fountain Dale" and "Rainworth" are both celebrated in the …
A Dictionary of London
… as having a shop on the north in parish of St. Laurence, a garden adjoining in parish of All Hallows, Honey Lane, and a …
Old and New London
… rose two celebrated palaces, each with an ample garden. One of them, then called Southampton House, and … Euston Square is now, in the year 1820 was a large nursery garden, in which the children of privileged neighbours were …
Old and New London
… low, some noble roomes, a pretty cedar chappell, a naked garden to the north, but good aire." It was at first called … William Temple for projecting the most perfect figure of a garden that he ever saw." She died in 1627. Ben Jonson thus …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… openings with lead pipes leading down. The rectangular garden N.E. of the house is enclosed by 18th-century thatched …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1668, to marry Margaret Robinson, of St. Paul, Covent Garden, widow. See Marriage Licences, ed. Foster; Burrows; …