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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in circuit, is encompassed by the remains of an ancient wall, eight yards in breadth, built on the very edge of the … 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 …
A Dictionary of London
… identified. Yeuan (St.) See Audoen (St.). York Abbot of London residence in parish of St. Peter Paul's Wharf, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… slated. A carved relief with beaded arcs reset in the east wall of the porch may be 12th-century or earlier. Otherwise … A pair of blocked pointed apertures in the west wall, wrongly identified as 13th-century lancets, 53 were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ranges of building were not tied together structurally. Wall timbers were close-studded throughout, resting on a … and service range, and building in the centre of the rear wall a massive stone chimney with fireplaces on both floors; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… except the moulded jambs and the mullions. In the N. wall are two late 14th-century windows with casement-moulded … has chamfered jambs and a two-centred head. In the S. wall are two two-light windows, similar to those in the N. wall, but with moulded labels; the splays of the easternmost …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… machine erected in 1828, from designs by Mr. Brunton, of London, and worked by a water-wheel of large diameter. The … tramroad was laid down in 1825, by John Christie, Esq., of London, extending from the Gwain Clawdd, over the forest of … at a short distance from this place is a kind of natural wall, formed by the side of the limestone rocks, in which is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… partly of c. 1300 but reset and much restored. In the N. wall are two partly restored windows of c. 1300, each of two … is of the same period but the head is modern. In the S. wall are two windows uniform with those in the N. wall. The mid 15th-century chancel-arch is two-centred and of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this … supposed, to superintend the erection of the strong wall of stone nearly 80 miles in length, which he ordered to … for mingling with the crowd at the king's coronation in London; and in spite of a proclamation in their favour by the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… visitor in the 1720s commented on the many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for sale.' …