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Survey of London
… direct to Kings Cross Battle Bridge on the right and to Highgate on the left. The fields depicted were part of the … of St. Paul's, as rectors of the parish. GROVE TERRACE, HIGHGATE ROAD P.R.O., S.P. 12, 34, No. 12. Middx. Reg. …
Old and New London
… away; but while resting by a stone cross at the foot of Highgate Hill, he is said to have heard in the sound of Bow … and erect almshouses on College Hill (now removed to Highgate) He died in 1427 (Henry VI.). Nor should we forget …
Old and New London
… have already had occasion to remark upon in our account of Highgate, 2 the whole of this seat of foulness and disease …
Old and New London
… the "hollow way" or lowland valley between that place and Highgate. It is said that the soil in this part being a stiff clay, that part of the road from Highgate to Islington which passes through Holloway was made with gravel excavated on the top of Highgate Hill by an amiable hermit, who had taken up his …
Old and New London
… romantic scenery than that which we have so lately seen at Highgate and Hampstead, but still the neighbourhood now … in the older parts of Kensington, Chelsea, Hampstead, and Highgate. One of the first houses on the northern side of the … similar to those which we have described in our account of Highgate. 6 Near the middle of Church Street are two houses, …
Old and New London
… climbed with them the "northern heights" of Hampstead and Highgate Hills; and lastly, we have reconnoitred the northern …
Old and New London
… be in town before the 27th. Give our kind loves to all at Highgate, and tell them that we have finally torn ourselves …
Old and New London
… body made their homes at Kentish and Camden Town, at Highgate, Hampstead, and St. John's Wood; but of late years …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 408 ft., Hampstead ('Jack Straw's Castle') 440 ft., and Highgate Hill 410 ft. The last two summits are the … of the upper slopes of the hills at Harrow, Hampstead, and Highgate. At these places the Bagshot Sands form the actual … Mill Hill, and Hampstead, and traces have been seen at Highgate. Stage II: The Boulder Clay The most important of …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… in Beverley and elsewhere. 54 The fair was held in Highgate, and shops there belonging to the Crown, the … carrying the Londoners' wares from the river and beck to Highgate was c. £12 a year in the first half of the century, …