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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Somerset, 5 miles (E.) from Dunster, and 154 (W. by S.) from London; containing 916 inhabitants. This place, … Shrivenham, union of Farringdon, county of Berks, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Farringdon; containing 375 inhabitants, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 73were represented by the 1260s by a tithe portion of 33 s. 4 d. paid, despite occasional denials, to Swavesey priory … award made for the bishop, which assigned to the vicar 22 s. a year as a composition for all his tithes from the … which have poorly set out and plainly chamfered arches on piers of clunch, mostly octagonal, without bases, one with a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1797, and 1813 might levy local rates increased from 1 s. per acre in 1740 to 5 s. in 1813, to support borrowing that had reached £200 by … the monks left. The design of that part, with its massive piers supporting plainly chamfered arches with scalloped …
Survey of London
… the brilliant and decisive Victory achieved by His Majesty's Forces in conjunction with those of His Allies, on the … the total cost of the bridge and approaches was 937,391 11 s 6 d. 56 As a commercial speculation the undertaking was far … a fitting foreground for the view of the dome of St. Paul's. The Italian sculptor, Canova, described it as the finest …
Old and New London
… Waterloo Place and Her Majesty's Theatre CHAPTER XVII. WATERLOO PLACE AND HER MAJESTY'S … square, with a double gallery, supported below by heavy piers, and above by Corinthian columns of scagliola. The … shown by a conspicuous notice in the print. On the piers below are seen some handbills of the time, including …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lathe of Suttonat-Hone, W. division of Kent, 2 miles (S.) from SevenOaks; containing 1036 inhabitants. The living … in the hundred of Harlow, but chiefly in that of Ongar, S. division of Essex, 3 miles (N. E. by E.) from Epping; … are of malleable and the remainder of cast iron, and the piers on which it rests are 42 feet in breadth at the base, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… shape and is bisected by the R. Ise, here flowing S. in a broad, open valley where narrow bands of limestones, … ironstone quarries of this parish (NM), and a Roman coin S. of the village in 1965 (SP 887808; KM; NM Records). a(1) … up pedestals in the same area. By 1708 the gates and piers to the Outer Court in the N. seem to have been in …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… main street runs westwards into an ancient road or drover's way to Great Bowden. From the north side of the main street … dressings and a central gateway with limestone panelled piers. Of the 13 houses described by Nichols as 'built in … when the church of Welham was included in Richard Basset's endowment of Launde Priory, 30 the fee held under Robert de …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wellington 86 WELLINGTON (B.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXXVI, N.E., (b)XXXVI, S.E.) Wellington is a parish and village 6 m. N. of Hereford. … tower, medival bells, and a remarkable roof to its S. Porch, and Bridge Farm are the principal monuments. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Welsh Newton 70 WELSH NEWTON (D.e.). (O.S. 6 in. LIII, N.E.) Welsh Newton is a parish 7 m. W.S.W. of Ross. The church and Pembridge Castle are the … and nave, of stone, in three bays divided by octagonal piers with semi-octagonal responds all with moulded capitals …