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Survey of London
… causing overcrowding in the Pool, and within a few years of opening in 1834, the new wharf was linked to the City by a … 221). Sited on the wharf, the railway terminus was one of Blackwall's more distinguished architectural compositions, … plates, and the base was buttressed with heavy ballast. 13 Road and Rail Links The commercial success of the venture …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Bruton BRUTON The ancient parish of Bruton, 91 at the centre of the hundred of the same name, … the parliament. In the following year Charles I and the Prince of Wales came from Mells to stay with Sir Charles. Goring's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BRUTON ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wincanton, hundred of Bruton, E. division of Somerset, 12 … converted into tenements. The parish is situated on the road from Bath to Weymouth, and comprises by measurement 3713 … of the houses have not yet been rebuilt. Her Majesty and Prince Albert visited the town in January, 1845. Seal and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Bruton Hundred BRUTON HUNDRED In the Geld Inquest of 1084 Bruton hundred was assessed for nearly 233 hides. 1 The total seems to have included two areas of land subsequently separated from it, the first named in … 1688-9 with billeting and directing troops supporting the Prince of Orange. 34 In 1688 the constables paid for the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… extends over some 1,500 acres, rising from an altitude of 100 ft. on the S.W. bank of the R. Stour, which forms its eastern boundary, to 500 ft. … century. (7) Ranges of estate cottages on each side of the road (88330579), five to the N. and three to the S., have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… (b)XXI S.E.) Buckden is a parish and village, 4 m. S.W. of Huntingdon. The Church, the Palace, the Manor House and … the Lion Hotel are the principal monuments. The Bishops of Lincoln owned a manor at Buckden since before the Domesday … date. It extends along the E. side of the main road, for some distance to the N. and S. of the gatehouse and …
Survey of London
… Street CHAPTER 8: BUCKINGHAM STREET Date and Description of the Buildings. The records show that all the original … him a little for his exile from the Lake District. Prince Hoare, who was an artist as well as, in his day, a … "he was the first Scotsman that deserted over to the Prince of Orange." He was a faithful servant both to William …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and south-west by Berkshire, on the west by the county of Oxford, on the north-west and north by that of … Beaconsfield, Chesham, Ivinghoe, Newport-Pagnell, Olney, Prince's-Risborough, Fenny-Stratford, StonyStratford, … containing 946 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Oxford to Bath, and bounded on the north by the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… N.W. (b)xxxiv. S.E.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of All Saints, stands in the middle of the village. It is built of flint, with some large stones worked into the walls of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Margaret) BUCKNALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts … north-east of Stoke: both villages are agricultural. The road from Hanley to Cheadle passes through the parish. … of the Bude canal: the imports are coal and limestone from Wales, and grocery, &c., from Bristol; and timber, bark, and …