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Old and New London
… on the Thames' BankThe Black ParliamentThe Trial of Katherine of ArragonShakespeare a Blackfriars Manager The Blackfriars … MarriageOld Blackfriars BridgeJohnson and MylneLaying of the StoneThe InscriptionA Toll RiotFailure of the …
Survey of London
… BLACKFRIARS ROAD In 1756 the Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the City of London obtained authority by Act of Parliament 243 to … by the railway goods depot. The Goods Depot, British Railways (Southern Region) In 1863 the London, Chatham and …
Old and New London
… ROAD.THE SURREY THEATRE, SURREY CHAPEL, &c. Formation of Blackfriars RoadThe Surrey Theatre, originally the "Royal … in 1805The Amphitheatre rebuilt, and under the Management of EllistonThe Manager in a FixThe Theatre burnt down in … CollegeThe South London Tramway CompanyThe Mission College of St. AlphegeNelson SquareThe "Dog's Head in the Pot"Surrey …
Old and New London
… And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent." Macaulay's Ballad of " The Armada." Situation and Description of BlackheathDerivation of its NameDiscovery of Numerous …
Survey of London
… Green and Wigram Years, c181943 After 1815 the fortunes of English shipbuilding improved and Blackwall Yard prospered again. Not only did the building and repairing of East Indiamen return to the yard after the European peace allowed a revival of trade, but also a period of expansion and diversity began …
Survey of London
… Blackwall Yard in 1987, it brought to an end a tradition of shipbuilding and shiprepairing on this site which had begun over 350 years before with the laying-out of a shipyard here in the second decade of the seventeenth century. The original Blackwall Yard was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Blackwater BLACKWATER, a large village, in the parish of Yately, hundred of Crondall, Odiham and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 15 miles (E. N. E.) from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bladon Economic history Economic history Agriculture of Bladon Township. There is no direct evidence for the medieval fields of Bladon township. The villein tenants in 1279 owed three … one for the fallow, which suggests a three-course rotation of crops. The suggestion is supported by an analysis of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction Bladon, about 8 miles (12 km.) north-west of Oxford, lies on the east bank of the river Evenlode, immediately south of Blenheim Park. The ancient parish (1,518 a.), which …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Introduction BLAISDON BLAISDON, a small rural parish of c. 900 a. lying 7 miles west of Gloucester, was united with Flaxley parish in 1935; the … Previously, in 1883, Blaisdon had taken in a detached part of Flaxley, covering 45 a. with one house and a population of …