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Old and New London
… at work; the projecting hooded doorways of the days of Queen Anne still frown over the entrances of the red-bricked houses … of letters, even among the choice spirits of the reign of Queen Anne. Soon after coming to England from Scotland, the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 3 In 1633 James surrendered his interest to his mother Anne, who obtained a 21-year lease in 1634 4 and another in … kinsman Henry Cliff. 86 In 1579-80 a lease was made to the queen to run after the expiry of Slanning's lease in 1593 87 … 1547 it was granted to Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset. 5 Queen Mary gave it back briefly to the reconstituted Knights …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Cedar Lawn. 46 Camelford Cottage was occupied c. 1799 by Anne (d. 1803), widow of the politician Thomas Pitt … Lodge, a mid 19th-century cottage orné, belonged to Queen Victoria's dentist before 1869 54 and to a provision …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 1957, where it had 35 beds, 54 but closed in 1981. 55 Queen Mary's maternity home was founded by the queen to use the residue of funds from Queen Mary's Needlework Guild. The home, for the wives of …
Old and New London
… there used to stand another building, commonly known as "Queen Elizabeth's House;" its architecture, however, was of … a name, though the tradition was current that the "Virgin Queen" once spent a night there. It was subsequently occupied … Zechariah Merrell, who was minister in the reign of Queen Anne, wrote the exposition of the First Epistle of Peter, in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… spiky, gabled Gothic or comfortable large-windowed 'Queen Anne' of the central and north parts. 79 The houses …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Upper Bowling Green House, which made way in 1921 for Queen Mary's maternity hospital. 36 Closer to the springs, in … of 'Biddall's Electric Show' and of a booth labelled 'Queen's Cinematograph'. 23 The ornate Frognal Bijou Picture … After moves to Neasden, north Paddington, Brondesbury, and Queen's Park, it first entered for the English Cup and played …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… other building was of small blocks of shops and flats (Queen's Mansions) north of no. 222 West End Lane and at the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… with a narrow range still further to the E. called the Queen's Long Gallery (finished 1537), now destroyed. The king … erection of three stair-turrets in the Base Court under Queen Elizabeth c. 1566 and a small wing to the S. of the S. … work was done to the S. wing of the W. front under Queen Anne and the small building to the S. of this wing was …