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Old and New London
… In 1775 the property was legally settled, by Act of Parliament, on Queen Charlotte (in exchange for Somerset … erection of a clumsy building, as it was considered that Parliament would never have granted the funds for an entirely … exercise till 1849, was abolished in that year by Act of Parliament. The Lord Steward of the Household fills an …
Old and New London
… Their palace here adjoined the Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. In the reign of Henry VIII. the splendid palace … Palace at Westminster" for ever, because, as the Act of Parliament stated, "the old palace nigh the monastery of St. … then we shall reconnoitre the Abbey, and the Houses of Parliament, and St. James's Park and Palace; then along the …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… and Westminster by letters patent of 1 April. 3 An act of parliament of 3 March 1552 confirmed the position of … pensions. 5 A fresh start was made in 1560. An act of parliament annexed to the Crown all the monasteries which had …
Old and New London
… and the Abbey. It runs parallel to its modern sister, Parliament Street, between it and the Park. King Street was … make a broader street to the Abbey, and in course of time Parliament Street was formed, as we have already stated in a … doubtless owing to its proximity to the Court and the Parliament House. In it lived Lord Howard of Effingham, the …
Old and New London
… only with distinctions to mark their grade. "By an Act of Parliament of the fourteenth and fifteenth of Henry VIII., c. … Westminster and London, in spite of all edicts and Acts of Parliament, remarks that "since their happy marriage their …
Old and New London
… recommended by one of Sir Robert Walpole's supporters in Parliament, resolved to trudge up to London, and to push his …
Old and New London
… were hurriedly thrown up in 1642, by an order of Parliament. This battery is marked as about midway between … was not formally set a side until 1819, when an Act of Parliament was passed forbidding all such trials both in … Practically, by custom, long disuse, and by an Act of Parliament passed in 1794, this corporation is defunct, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… fields of Weston and Weedon were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1771. No details are known of the earlier field …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with those of Sutton Bassett, were enclosed by Act of Parliament of 1802 (NRO, Enclosure Map of Sutton Bassett and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… country, with the range of the Mendip hills: an act of parliament for its general improvement, and for paving, …