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Old and New London
… EscapesQueen Elizabeth at Lord Herbert's MarriageOld Blackfriars BridgeJohnson and MylneLaying of … Phillips and his WorksPainters in BlackfriarsThe King's Printing Office Printing House SquareThe Times and its HistoryWalter's EnterpriseWar with the DispatchThe gigantic Swindling …
A New History of London
… and tenants; of which the justices of the courts of king's bench, common pleas, and the barons of the exchequer, were … in the chamberlain's office, from the hands of Sir Thomas Player, then chamberlain. By a resolution of the court of … and chains were put up; and an expression of Sir Thomas Player the chamberlain was remarked, that were it not for …
A New History of London
… eldest princesses, to Guildhall on the next lord mayor's day: as also to desire permission for putting up the king and queen's pictures in Guildhall; both which requests were consented … 1728. In the beginning of December, 1728, his majesty's eldest son prince Frederic, who had hitherto resided in …
Records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters
… putt himselfe app rntice to Thomas Waite of the parish of S t Savio rs Southwarke to serve for Seaven yeares from the … p rsentes dated the 14 th day of Decembȃ 1654. 2 Robert Player sonne of Roberte Player of Bratton in the County of Wiltes Carpenter hath putt …
Calendar of Border Papers
… I have just received your letter, and perceive her Majesty's unwillingness that I come up this winter: I must obey, … in these parts. Some think it is to regain her Majesty's favour; others, to gain some ease to his pledges, and … from doing harms, he seems very sorry for her Majesty's hard opinion justly conceived of him, with great desire to …
Survey of London
… but scattered Roman finds, mainly burials, in St. George's Fields, Newington, and on either side of Tabard Street, … of Borough High Street as far as the site of St. George's Church. Recent finds of traces of a Roman road below King's Head Yard (by Miss Kathleen Kenyon in 1946), 2 and of a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 20 ploughlands in the vill belonged to Walter Giffard's demesne. It was staffed with 14 servi, but had only 6 … occupied about half the open fields. In 1525 Tonbridge's supposedly comprised 500 a. of arable and 150 a. of grass. … relied solely on hired labour. Up to 16 men did one day's harvesting; otherwise its land was worked by a permanent …
Survey of London
… him en bloc in July 1721. 1 This particular part of Barlow's ground formed a hinterland behind the main street frontages … 1881 and the passage to the north and west of St. George's Buildings was called Bourdon Place. The remainder of … in particular the recently invented mechanical piano-player known as the pianola. 42 The premises were altered for …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was marked by the northern edge of the former Queen's wood. 65 West Bower, beyond Durleigh to the west, was … of which was occupied by Bridgwater castle. Bridgwater's marl has two small areas of terrace deposits 68 of valley … from 1286 there was a causeway running north from St. John's hospital to the Poldens 74 and indulgences were offered in …
Broadwell Parish: Filkins
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… stone-built cottages and farmhouses, lies near the county's western edge around 3 miles (5 km) from the Gloucestershire … in a cottage in 1931 and reopened in 1951, houses Swinford's local collections. 1 Another notable resident was the … The two places shared an open-field system, and Filkins's independent boundaries (described above) seem to have been …
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