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Old and New London
… extent of fields. There were no houses, excepting three or four in the immediate neighbourhood of what is now called … and Queries, the conclusion arrived at leaving little or no doubt as to the legality of her union with the young … of Lower Regent Street and Waterloo Place. At the upper or northern end of Lower Regent Street a junction is formed …
Survey of London
… been part of a famous pleasure ground, known as Cuper's (or Cupid's) Garden. The site was originally part of Lambeth … then described as three acres used as a great garden nowe or late in the tenure of Richard Love. In 1634 Augustine … who was employed in his household, and either Abraham or his son opened it as a public pleasure garden. a In 1680 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… post-holes and two small pits dated to the late Bronze or early Iron Age. Some post-holes were arranged in square or rectangular groups and were interpreted as possible … over 30 m., may have been flanking ditches of a droveway or track ( BNFAS, 5 (1971), 45; CBA Group 9, Newsletter, 1 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… had a wake on All Saints' Day (1 November), if a Sunday, or the Sunday following, 16 and there was another at Walcot … with an open-air breakfast, a pageant, and an assembly or ball. 18 By the 1840s there were race meetings for a time … available for outdoor events. 28 In the town the Green (or Bowling Green) was used for open-air gatherings in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… six skeletons were discovered in July 1845, on the side of or within the Roman road agger while it was being dug away … an everted rim, decorated with line and dot ornament. Four or five perforated Roman coins of Constantine and Flavia were … the ridge-and-furrow in the parish remains on the ground or can be traced on air photographs and the pattern is well …
A History of the County of Essex
… marsh near Southall bridge, was mentioned as a 'drove way' or 'defence way for cattle' in 1557. 23 In the 1950s it was … it ceased about the end of the 19th century. 32 A beacon or lighthouse was built a Coldharbour Point in 1895. 33 The … Abbey's manor was later known as WENNINGTON WESTMINSTER or WENNINGTON (HALL). In the 14th century it was held of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… West Bergholt 14 com- prises a rectangular area (2,296 a. or 929 ha.) immediately north-west of Colchester. Its … the land falls to under 20 m. in the valley of the Pulton or Polton brook, a tributary of the Colne. Along the river … the south of the heath and the names Bard field, Barfold, or 'Barfel' used locally from the 16th to 19th centuries, may …
Old and New London
… of BromptonIts Nurseries and Flower-gardensCromwell or Hale HouseThistle GroveThe BoltonsWestminster and West … nurseries, its groves, and its pleasant detached mansions or cottages, standing apart in their own grounds, this … Elm" Hotel, covers the site of what was known a century or more ago as "Brompton Heath." Here lived Mr. John Burke, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… as a music hall and from 1911 was being used for variety, plays, and pantomimes. After the First World War it became a … sick clubs, money clubs, clothes clubs, and clubs for land or furniture'. The oldest society was then 56 years old, but … were in fact ad hoc bodies which broke up after a year or two; money clubs, as a West Bromwich collier stated in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… elegant shop fronts give place to smoke-dried habitations, or dusty foundry walls, and parasols disappear in favour of … the mid 18th century the area at the top of Holloway Bank (or Finchpath Hill) 17 was becoming known as Hill Top, 18 and … it occurs with 'Whytelake') 25 and the name of a house or cottage by 1502. 26 Early in the 18th century the …