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Old and New London
… describes it as "a noble edifice, somewhat resembling the Pantheon at Rome, with a diameter externally of 185 feet, and … grave Dr. Johnson was as fond of Ranelagh as he was of the Pantheon. When somebody said, cynically, that there "was not …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which have for many years been discontinued were, the Pantheon, in Spafields, now a chapel belonging to the … of ease to St. James'. Spafields chapel, formerly the Pantheon, as before noticed, was appropriated for a place of …
Old and New London
… opened in 1770, as a place of public amusement. The "Pantheon," as it was called, soon became disreputable. It is … drowned in 1683, while playing on the ice. The Spa Fields Pantheon proprietor became bankrupt in 1774, and the house … of Huntingdon, consulted Toplady as to purchasing the Pantheon for a chapel, but was dissuaded from the attempt. It …
Survey of London
… (Philip Elias Turst, who promoted the building of the Pantheon in Oxford Street in 176972 by methods very similar …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… writing desk manufacturer (1837). [D] Essex, Charles, 19 Pantheon, London, manufacturer. Label recorded on rosewood … [D] Eyre(s), James & Thomas, 356 Oxford St, near the Pantheon, London, u and carpet manufacturers (17731815). … Co. records] Eyre(s), Thomas, 356 Oxford St, near the Pantheon, London, carpet, cabinet and upholstery …
A History of the County of Chester
… and from the beginning was clearly intended as their pantheon. 2 Earl Hugh's cousin and leading baron, Robert of …
Survey of London
… the later history of one of these sites: the Spa Fields Pantheon and its gardens, later an infamous private burial … the building of Rosoman's Row (see below). 15 Spa Fields Pantheon The Spa Fields Pantheon was the most ambitious of Clerkenwell's various …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… upholder (1819). [D] Fenner, L., 216 East Room Gallery, Pantheon, London, fancy cm ( c. 1830). Label recorded on …
Survey of London
… Frontispieces Frontispiece to volume XXXI The Pantheon, Oxford Street, 1772. James Wyatt, architect. …
Alumni Oxonienses
… about 1616, died 6 Cal. July, 1687, aged 66, buried in the Pantheon at Rome. See Fasti, ii. 326, 338-342; & D.N.B. …
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