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A History of the County of Middlesex
… from 1669 87 or one using the formerly Anglican St. George's chapel and associated with the dissenters' academy at Bishop's Hall. 88 Early ministers included Francis Bampfield, John … described in the 1780s. 6 John Wesley preached at Bonner's Hall, where he had stayed in 1754, in 1755-7 and in the …
Old and New London
… BoyhoodThe Temperance HallThe South London Working Men's CollegeThe South London Tramway CompanyThe Mission College of St. AlphegeNelson SquareThe "Dog's Head in the Pot"Surrey ChapelThe Rev. Rowland … SkinThe "Haunted Houses" of Stamford StreetAshton Lever's MuseumThe RotundaThe Albion Mills. This great …
Old and New London
… explore, And long perplexing lanes untrod before." Gay's "Trivia." The Locality a Century agoA Pair of Eccentric Old … of BaseBloomsbury deserted by the AristocracyAlbert Smith's Remarks on this once Patrician Quarter of LondonThe "Rookery," or "Holy Land"Meux's BreweryThe "Horse-shoe" Tavern, New Oxford StreetThe Royal …
A New History of London
… and down that lane to the north side of St. Foster's church-yard only on the east side, and to over against the … Then from the said wall, down to Windsor-house, or Nevil's-inn, and down Monkwell-street, on the west side, and by … of Friday-street as to the N. E. corner of St. Matthew's church on the east side, and to the south corner of the …
Calendar of Border Papers
… heartily pray your favour for my most gracious sovereign's leave, that about the 3 d of March I may take my journey to … name and send it, we may learn whether they are the Queen's friends or no. There was but the master and 4 mariners with a lad, left on board. Of the 5 landed, I suspect one is an …
Broadwell Parish: Broadwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… and 7 miles (12 km) south-west of Witney. The parish's name implies that Broadwell was the primary focus of the … in 1776, and are described above; otherwise Broadwell's boundaries were those of the ancient parish. 8 Communications In 1320 the king's highway from Lechlade and Langford passed north-eastwards …
Broadwell Parish: Holwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… the Black Death it was by far the smallest of Broadwell's four settlements, and in the later 20th century, as the … 12th century. From the mid 19th century, like Broadwell's other townships, it was treated as a separate civil parish, … and Filkins followed Akeman Street, certainly from Holwell's inclosure and probably earlier. In 1850 a new …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… reserves to be, by the 18th century, one of the county's most populous towns, with mazes of hilly lanes winding … p. 196, H.C. (1888), liii. D. Mason, 'Memories of a Salop. Lad', 289 (TS., n.d., in I.G.M.T. Libr.). Inf. from Dr. M. … 98, pp. 4223 (18034), xiii. Mason, 'Memories of a Salop. Lad', 35; inf. from Mrs. E. M. Matthews. S.R.O. 1224/22/1923, …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… days of its chivalry and splendour, and catch, in fancy's ear, the solemn cadence of its cloistered nuns. What! … glebes; one of the former having 30 acres, valued at 3 s. The tenants were rich in swine, sheep, and poultry. The … that in 1558 the churchwardens "paid the mason and his lad for 3 days work making the font, wages and meat, 3 s. 9 …
Old and New London
… Time of the ConquestDescent of the ManorSir Thomas Bond's HouseThe Bowyer FamilyBowyer Lane, now Wyndham RoadThe Royal Flora GardensSt. Giles's ChurchThe Burialplace of Mrs. Wesley, and of "Equality" BrownCamden ChapelSt. George's ChurchThe Vestry HallCamberwell GreenCamberwell …