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Old and New London
… Putney; it included, among other amusements, a travelling menagerie of beasts which moved about from place to place. At …
Survey of London
… for the storage of public records and, for a time, as a menagerie. There is little doubt that the clearance …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… day for nearly two years) 9 for the upkeep of the King's menagerie of lions and leopards in the Tower of London The …
Old and New London
… various descriptions, while the upper part, containing a menagerie of wild beasts and reptiles, became known as … to our engraving of its frontage (see page 109). The menagerie was successively occupied by Pidcock, Polito, and … paroxysm, and so greatly endangered the safety of the menagerie that it was deemed advisable to put the animal to …
Old and New London
… curious costume, and indicating curious manners. THE TOWER MENAGERIE ABOUT 1820. "On the breastplate is the figure of … Wales and the outworks have been removed, as well as the menagerie buildings near the west entrance. In the great fire … in barracks 606. Nor must we forget the now extinct menagerie in the Tower. The first royal menagerie in England …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a great interest in natural history, and formed a large menagerie at Knowsley, 104 and also a museum, which he … the same. Described and illustrated in Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall, 2 vols. imp. folio, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… praised in verse in 1767. In 1769 Lady Dartmouth had a menagerie there; it included specimens of North American … 176; S.R.O., D. 564/12/10 (plan and elevations of Sandwell menagerie); 'West Bromwich 100 Years Ago', 26 Apr. 1901; …
Old and New London
… of Whitehall. In the reign of Charles I. a sort of royal menagerie took the place of the deer with which the "inward …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Palmyra etc. Cold. We are going to make an addition to our menagerie in the shape of a terrier dog, in order to …