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Survey of London
… of lewd report'. One resident was accused of 'harbouring a great bellied whore, and as soon as she was delivered of two …
Survey of London
… bowling alley and dicing houses, noted in 1590 as 'a verie great Anoyance' because of the 'great resort of evell disposed persons who doe play there … pressed, produces the shriek of that animal when in great torture'. He also claimed to possess Handel's watch, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… are covered with lead. The old church was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666 and re-built by Sir Christopher Wren in … Parish Church of St. Benet Sherehog was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and was not re-built, but the churchyard … N. of the W. end of the main hall was built in 1501. The Great Fire of 1666 greatly damaged the building and Sir …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… in 1918 and subsequently rebuilt. The building is of great interest as an example of collegiate architecture and … capping and in gallery three pews with panelled backs. The Great Hall (115 ft. by 38 ft.) has a flat plaster ceiling …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… restored with brick. The roofs are tiled. The house is of great interest as an example of a 14th-century domestic … The roof is tiled. ConditionFairly good. d(15). Barn, at Great Germains: part of the N. wall is timber-framed, with … and modern brick. The roof is tiled. ConditionPoor. b(24). Great Hundridge Farm and Chapel, at Chartridge (see also (2) …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.W. (b)xiv. S.E.) Chickney is a small parish N.W. of Great Dunmow, consisting only of a few farms. The principal …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… year some of the Lodgings on the W. and S. sides of the great quadrangle were ready for occupation, the lower part of the gate-tower was built, the Great Hall was begun and the walls of the proposed chapel on … Samuel Fell, Dean (163848), built the vaulted roof of the great staircase under one "Smith, artificer of London"; this …