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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this … Value in the King's books. Present Net Income. PATRONS. Population. s. d. All Saints, North-Street Discharged Rectory …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way the two types of animal … visitor in the 1720s commented on the many gardeners round London who 'offer all sorts of young trees ... for sale.' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the following Inventory, after a very brief historical … past nine centuries the castle has been, like the Tower of London, a fortress, a royal palace, a mint, and a prison, as …
Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first reliable reference to York is in 1484 … Sir Thomas, changed name to Wriothesley; probably b. in London; lived in Barbican; citizen and draper 1509. His s. …
Survey of London
… CHAPTER 6: YORK HOUSE The York Water Gate (see pp. 5960) in the Victoria Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … profightes of the gardeyns there." The Duke had already a London residence in Barbican, and he seems to have used the …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in occupation of some houses in the town of Westminster. …
Survey of London
… Place and George Court CHAPTER 10: YORK PLACE ( formerly Of Alley) AND GEORGE COURT York Place, a narrow court running … to the New Exchange, but within the first few years of its existence it became known as Of Alley, a name which it … 50 and 51, Strand. The George on the east side has been in use as an inn ever since it was built circa 1675. It …
Survey of London
… Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford Street across Waterloo Road to Westminster Bridge … Float Mead, The Twenty-one Acres, and The Seven Acres. In 1807 the Archbishop obtained an Act 92 authorizing the … p. 28) in 182429. 74 Part of this land was sold to the London and South Western Railway in 1848 when the line was …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… Robert West and Johanna his wife 3 messuages with lands in Lasthorp in Rydale. 1506 TRINITY TERM, 21 HENRY VII. * … Treheyron and Elizabeth his wife Messuage in the parish of St. Michael, near Owsebrige, in the city of York. 1506 … 24 HENRY VII. Richard North William Blundell, citizen of London, and Margaret his wife 6 messuages in the parish of …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… and Brian Palmes William Gascoigne, senr., kt. Manor of Thorppe in Balme and 5 messuages with lands in the same. 1521 EASTER … de Whyterodyng, esq., John Alyn, citzn. and Ald n of London William Parcehay Manor of Swynton and 8 messuages with …