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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… aTL 36 S.W., bTL 35 N.W., cTL 35 N.E., dTL 35 S.W.) Bourn The village of Bourn is about 8 m. W.S.W. of Cambridge and … century, as a result of the growth of traffic on the road between Cambridge and Caxton. Efforts seem to have been made … and an outside label, has displaced an original light. Between the nave arches and the clearstorey lights is an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (7630) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 72 NE, ST 73 SE) This parish, the northernmost in Dorset, was regarded as part of Gillingam … until the 19th century. It has an area of 922 acres between 350 ft. and 600 ft. above sea-level and falls into … informally arranged. The drawing room, in the angle between the W. and N. ranges, is of the first half of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bourton - Bowes Bourton BOURTON, a tything, in the parish and hundred of Shrivenham, union of Farringdon, … Becket of Canterbury, in 1170. An encounter took place between the royalist and parliamentarian forces on … of antiquity (among which was a votive inscription to the Emperor Adrian, on a stone slab used in the time of Camden as …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Bourton-on-the-Water BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER (15 miles N.E. of Cirencester) The position of Bourton in the angle between the R. Dikler and the R. Windrush, mostly on gravel, … of hill-fort proportions occupying a gravel platform between the R. Dikler and R. Windrush, about 425 ft. above …
A Dictionary of London
… South out of Fleet Street at 62 to Temple Street, within the precinct of Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. … Street. Bowling Alley North out of Upper Thames Street between Garlick Hill and Little Trinity Lane, in Vintry and … Farringdon Ward Without. Not named in the maps. Bowyer Bow Between Ludgate on the west and Creed Lane east (S. 315). …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (1). Church of St. Mary Magdalene, stands on the N. bank of the Thames, about 1 miles W. of Eton. The walls are of chalk … it. The plan of the old part is L-shaped, with the space between the wings filled by a modern sitting-room and …
Survey of London
… Garden have changed their original character more since the late eighteenth century than Bow Street. The present … be redeveloped. 53 In July 1876 an agreement was reached between the Duke and the Commissioners of Works and Public … pedestal-course. A sturdy iron railing protects the area between the entrances. The splay to the north-west corner …
Survey of London
… Brydges Street When this street was first laid out by the fourth Earl of Bedford in the 1630's it was closed at its … street. From 1791 to 1811 there was a derelict open space between the theatre and the street, but thereafter the … set back a few feet, and most of the old courts lying between Catherine Street and Drury Lane swept away (see page …
Survey of London
… and Russell Street Area Russell Street Russell Street The part of this street lying within the parish of St. Paul, … as soon as it was built all the south side of the street, between the Piazza and Brydges Street, and some of the north … 68 and perhaps it was the stir and bustle of its location between the Piazza and Drury Lane that told against Russell …
Survey of London
… Bow Street and Russell Street Area The former Charles Street The former Charles Street Now Nos. … Wellington Street This northern part of Wellington Street, between Tavistock Street and Russell Street, antedates the … 16401 settlement are very visible today in the contrast between the east and west sides of this stretch of Wellington …