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Survey of London
… Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate formed the river approach, was … has been found is an order issued in 1237 to the Bishop to repair the Quay. 188 Little is known about the house during … the street frontage was built on at quite an early date, for the inquisition post mortem on Bishop William Alnewick in …
Survey of London
… These in 1197, 1 the year before his death, he granted to his cousin, William of Ely, the King's treasurer. The … and which are of the fief of Westminster" to the Abbey, "for the souls of Henry, Richard and John, Kings of England, … lord's Grace intending most sumptuously and gorgeously to repair and furnish the same." 38 It is possible that these …
Survey of London
… called exchange Alley, probably from its prosimity to the New Exchange, but within the first few years of its … with turned pendants and a heavy handrail and appears to date from the end of the seventeenth century. No. 1 at the … Internally the building is in a very poor state of repair and only the shops, the fronts of which are of later …
Survey of London
… and 27.] The first Waterloo Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford Street across Waterloo Road to Westminster Bridge Road. The new road, which was for … Also for the Reception and immediate Relief of indigent Soldiers and Sailors Wives, the former in particular being …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Repository of Art at 94 Market St had been established for the last 20 years. In 1817 Vittorio Zanetti supplied to Dunham Massey, Cheshire, a frame for a drawing 8 7 @ 3/6 ft. costing 1 10s, and Plate glass …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… and packed into barrels. Here it set so hard that it had to be broken up with sledge hammers [Harley (1970)]. Although … and not SAPPHIRE [Inventories (1699)]. The Book of Rates for 1660 has three adjacent entries 'Saffora, vide Barilia', … (1800)]. Furthermore, someone apparently thought it worth their while to produce for it a metal label suitable for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is hilly, and sandstone of good quality is quarried for building, and for repairing roads. The living is a rectory, valued in the … the martyrdom of Thomas Becket. The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, is now a school-house. Zeals ZEALS, a tything, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… who has contributed an excellent paper on the subject to the Somerset Archological and Natural History Society in … the error of Yarrell, the first name should be intended for the next species, which undoubtedly occurs in the Bristol … Salmon. Salmo salar, Linn. In 1851 Baker complains of their becoming scarcer in the rivers. **88. Trout. Salmo …
A History of the County of Somerset
… recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or three species not yet obtained certainly await discovery, if their existence in Somerset may be inferred from what has … Setting aside the last-named, about which there is room for doubt, it is safe to prophesy that the species here …