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Old and New London
… eastward towards Shooter's Hill, ran the ancient Watling Street or Roman Road; and along this road were numerous … public entry of the Princess Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII.'s new bride, she was met on Blackheath on the 3rd of January, … upon first beholding Caliban, exclaims, 'A strange fish! were I in England now (as I once was), and had but this …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and the lane linking them was given the name Blackland street. 37 If, as is likely, farm buildings stood near a … Farm the house enclosed by the moat was replaced by a new farmhouse, of dressed rubble, asymmetrical, and gabled, … the west Dykes Farm was rebuilt in the 19th century; the new buildings, a small house and ranges of single-storeyed …
Survey of London
… was also taken into partnership. In the same year a new partnership agreement was concluded between the Greens … the East India Dock Company in 1803. It was replaced by a new mast-building erected close to the north-east corner of … are identified there. Dodd entered the yard from Brunswick Street through the arched entrance which passed under part of …
Survey of London
… Dock, was bought by the East India Dock Company for its new Export Dock. In the late 1830s the northern area was sold … after it had been cut off from the rest of the yard by the new London and Blackwall Railway, whose tracks sliced the … of the Causeway leading from the Stairs to Poplar High Street (part of the East Marsh), which could be had at a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of which a statute was passed for the regulation of the fish trade, which was then carried on to a large extent, and … for these purposes: this sum was expended in purchasing New South Sea annuities, and, by repeated additions, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… charity, was added to £27 collected at the opening of a new organ in the church, and invested in £100 3 per cent … charge was redeemed for the sum of £75. In 1970, under a new Scheme, the William Hopkins charity for servants was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… included the township of Hensington and the borough of New Woodstock. 56 Despite attempts, notably in the 17th … more land near Old Woodstock (the area south of Akeman Street, between the Glyme and the wall of Blenheim Park) was … John Fell gave the mayor and corporation of Woodstock a new house for the rector in the borough, 76 and thereafter …
A History of the County of Oxford
… recorded in Burleigh field from 1681, imply clearance of new land. 11 There is no direct evidence for the size of the … yardlands passed to his brother-in-law Thomas Woodward of New Woodstock. 25 An estate of 2 1/2 or 3 yardlands held by … c. 1750 listed 9 old inclosures totalling 25 a. and 14 new inclosures totalling 129 a., and a map of the township in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… attendance of 133. 63 From the first opening of the new school the curate was allowed to use the premises for … into the Peter Hopkins Educational Foundation; under a new Scheme of 1971 the foundation was allotted 37 shares in … £3 a year for the education of poor children of Bladon and New Woodstock. Payment was withheld until after a court order …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The ancient parish (1,518 a.), which extended from Akeman Street in the north-east to Burleigh wood in the south-west, … Heynes close were imparked by Sir Henry Lee, who built a new wall to the Glyme perhaps on the line of the modern … perhaps Heath Lane, but nothing was done until 1925 when a new pump was erected. 84 Electricity reached Bladon in 1930, …