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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The occurrence of such paddocks elsewhere has been interpreted as evidence that a village has been laid out over earlier fields with the closes … surrounded by a broad ditch 1.5 m. deep. Its interior has been ploughed but it is probably a moated manor house …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… have been commuted for a rentcharge of 160. The church has been rebuilt upon a more commodious site, in the later … and is a very handsome structure; the churchyard, also, has been considerably enlarged, a measure rendered absolutely … and in an excellent state of preservation. The church has been pulled down, and a new one built. The present …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Architectural descriptionThe Chancel (33 ft. by 14 ft.) has an E. window of three pointed lights, partly of c. 1300 … of one four-centred light. The Nave (40 ft. by 14 ft.) has mid 15th-century N. and S. arcades of three bays with … the E. wall but the western much restored; the N. doorway has moulded jambs and two-centred head; near the E. end of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whom he dignified with the title of Lord Mayor. This title has been ever since retained, and is possessed by no other … Ouse, and for improving certain thoroughfares. The city has of late years undergone considerable improvement under a … a row of very superior buildings, called New Walk Terrace, has been erected, separated by a drain only from the city …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… good. (1) The Grange, house on the N. edge of the parish, has been extensively altered; it has 18th-century additions on the N. and E. and the original timber-framing has been cased in brick. Inside the building, the staircase …
Survey of London
… is probably the original house erected circa 1676, but it has undergone many alterations. The upper flights of the … boardings between the storeys. The entrance doorway has a straight hood with carved brackets. A semicircular … turned balusters and close strings and the lower flight has a cut string with carved brackets. The mantelpieces are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… Castle Museum. During the past nine centuries the castle has been, like the Tower of London, a fortress, a royal … with a pump. The centre of the bailey or castle yard has long been grassed. It was levelled in 1777 when gravel paths were also made. 58 Since about 1790 it has had at its centre a round or oval lawn, popularly known …
Survey of London
… the river. The earliest reference to Norwich Inn which has been found is an order issued in 1237 to the Bishop to … succeeded Bacon as Lord Keeper, but no direct evidence has been found that he lived at York House, though several of … wings at either end. The only definite evidence that has come to light in support of the rebuilding theory is the …
Survey of London
… of the sale. Matthew Paris asserts, 15and his statement has been repeated by Stow 16 and a host of later writers, … "as ambassadors from some foreign prince," and the story has been utilised by Shakespeare 32in that scene in Henry … and many references in Register of John le Romeyn). This has been identified by the editor of Henry of Newark's …
Survey of London
… Nos. 50 and 51, Strand. The George on the east side has been in use as an inn ever since it was built circa 1675. … of two storeys and attics over the public rooms, and has a stucco front and tiled roof (Plate 51b). Internally the … century. No. 1 at the north-west end of the Court has a red brick doublefronted exterior of three storeys over …