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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… scenery is beautifully picturesque. The road from London to Exeter passes through the parish, and considerable … in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, London; impropriator, J. Murray, Esq. The vicarial tithes … are frequently resorted to by the North Sea fleet, and merchant-vessels are constantly repairing to them for …
Alumni Oxonienses
… matric. 18 May, 1672, aged 16. Yard, Robert s. Robert, of London, arm. Wadham Coll., matric. 20 April, 1705, aged 17; … 11 July, 1620; born 17 March, 1597-8; admitted to Merchant Taylors' school 1610. See Robinson, i. 64. Yardley, … 1589, M.A. 3 July, 1594. Yarway, Charles s. Robert, of London, pleb. Christ Church, matric. 29 Nov., 1678, aged 18, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… from 1678; 54 by 1835 they formed part of the route from London to Bognor. 55 The corner of Main and Bilsham roads was … centuries 87 were those of wood dealer and coal and manure merchant, tea dealer, station master, signalman, 88 watch … roads included a second-hand tool firm, a scrap metal merchant's founded in 1953, and a joinery works. There was a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1,690 trees, nearly all oak, were sold to a Glastonbury merchant. 12 In 1801 there were 26 families engaged in … 99 At the restoration of 1877-8, under Arthur Reeve of London, the nave, vestry, and porch were demolished and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1544 and 1547, 49 and in 1565 the advowson was sold to two London speculators, Richard Bernard and Robert Taylor. 50 It …
A History of the County of Oxford
… L.N.W.R., thereby providing the O.W.W.R. with access to London independent of the G.W.R. Yarnton Junction station was … 1834. 60 In 1940 the French Protestant School in Soho, London, was evacuated to Yarnton and the children taught at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Henry Jackson, a minor canon of St. Paul's cathedral, London. By will proved 1727 Jackson devised the estate, known …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… stock, 1671) Shipping, slave trade interest (6) City and London property (7) (1) Johnson, DR, IV, p 160, LVP, 1664, p …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… by Cherhill in 1934, 33 and probably c. 140 in 1995. The London-Bristol road via Calne followed the ridge across the … Lane, had been made by 1795 and possibly by 1683. 40 The London road could be reached from the village via the Avenue … the western boundary and the Avenue which, apart from the London road and those flanked by buildings in the village, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 9 miles (S. S. E.) from Somerton, and 122 (W. S. W.) from London; containing 7043 inhabitants. This place, from the … town is situated on the middle road leading from Exeter to London, and consists of numerous streets, many of them …