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A History of the County of Essex
… on the west side of the High Street, producing £35 3 s. a year, in trust for educational purposes. 21 From the … poor girls; £1 for providing bibles for poor families; 10 s. for a trustees' audit and dinner and 4 s. for the sexton … children. 61 Pupils are drawn from 18 primary schools. The buildings are of red brick. The garden is about 1 acre in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covers more than 950 hectares; the R. Cherwell forms its S. and E. boundaries, and the Oxfordshire boundary its S.W. side. From the river, here flowing at about 110 m. above … or irregular platforms, possibly the sites of former buildings. A third, narrower hollow-way runs N.E. and then …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… finished 1013: the repair of one of the wings, in Cromwell's time, cost 28,000. The front is 250 feet long, the court … by 100, and five round towers 50 feet in diameter; Adam's tower, 80 feet high, the wall near the dungeon nine feet … the Chirk Castle estate, pulled down several dilapidated buildings, and erected others of uniform appearance for her …
The Environs of London
… London. The parish is bounded by Bromley, Orpington, Paul's Cray, Foot's Cray, Eltham, and the extraparochial hamlet of Mottingham. … Esq. and daughter of John Hill, 1791; Mary, wife of Jaspar Lawrence Richter, merchant, and daughter of Thomas Coates, …
Old and New London
… Modern GardeningSharp, the EngraverLady ThornhillHogarth's MonumentA Curious InscriptionExtracts from the Churchwardens' BooksHogarth's HouseHogarth's ChairThe "Griffin" BreweryChiswick MallThe … scholastic fame; Pope, who resided for a time in Mawson's Buildings (now Mawson Row); the notorious Barbara, Duchess of …
The Environs of London
… he was ordered to go to the relief of the Lord General's army after the action at Newbury 5. Manors. There are two … it is stipulated that the lessee should erect additional buildings adjoining to the manorhouse, sufficient for the … engrailed Erm. for Stoughton. Anne Barker was daughter of Lawrence Stoughton, Esq. of the county of Surrey. The arms, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… monuments in Middlesex Chiswick 6 CHISWICK (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XVI, S.W. (b)XXI, N.W.) Chiswick is a parish on the N. bank of the … is entirely modern. The second stage has, in the N., S. and W. walls, a restored window of one pointed light; in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of unknown origin included 2 a. known as the poor's land in Chiswick field. Producing £3 a year before … but it was not recorded again. In 1826 rent from the poor's land had for long been wrongly included in the overseers' … house in 1655 and almshouses in 1658. 53 The thatched buildings thereafter were often repaired by the vestry, 54 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Chiswick Churches CHURCHES. In 1181 the canons of St. Paul's had a church for their manor of Sutton, 38 where there was a vicar by 1241. 39 As a peculiar of St. Paul's, the church was normally exempt from episcopal jurisdiction … 1845. 41 Vicars were presented by the chapter of St. Paul's, 42 until in 1502 part of their Chiswick estate was …