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Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… W.H. Dines (d. 1927) built a small (now-demolished) observatory next to Colne House. Otherwise there was little …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a circular tower of brick 100 feet in height, termed the Observatory, has been erected, which commands an extensive …
Old and New London
… site and with the materials. Here died, in 1583, Thomas Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex, Lord Chamberlain to Queen …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by the Carthaginians, now occupies the centre of the 'Observatory' pond. The school was a great institution, formed … medals, stuffed animals and miscellaneous curiosities. The Observatory, in the gardens, was begun in 1838; a telescope …
Old and New London
… kept in memory by "Chocolate Row." Lord Wrottesley had an observatory on Blackheath for some time, previous to his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 18th-century fittings were removed. 82 The duke set up an observatory in the south- east tower and in 1789 was … World War; the fees were given to charities such as the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. 43 Damage and theft by visitors …
Old and New London
… in " Richardsoniana," tells an amusing story about Dr. Radcliffe, the celebrated physician, whom we have already had … when he gave 520 to the poor non-juring clergy. "Dr. Radcliffe," he says, "could never be brought to pay bills …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Schools Quadrangle has been refaced in recent years. The Radcliffe Library was finished in 1749 from the designs of … wing is a bell by William Yare, 1611, given by Bodley. The Radcliffe Camera, begun in 1737 and opened in 1749, stands in the middle of Radcliffe square. It is of three main stages and of two …
A New History of London
… Hanover-square, Christ-church Spital-fields, St. George Radcliffe highway, and St. George the martyr Queen's-square …