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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of stone, and many of them ancient, forming a very wide street. In the time of Henry III. this place had a market on … Broadwell Grove may be traced the line of the Roman Akeman-street, which continues its course towards Akeman-ceastre … Weedon, also runs through it. On that part of the Watling-street which passes by the gate of Mr. Thornton's premises, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… made or altered the oriel window looking on to the street, added new stairs and studies and panelled a room. 90 … led from them to the cock-lofts above. The parapet on the street fronts was raised to allow of a row of small … in 1935 on Staircase 1, with a rough swan design in red ochre. Sash windows were substituted for mullions in many …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… the timber roof of St. Mary's College, W. of Cornmarket Street, was re-used for the chapel and the plaster ceiling …
A History of the County of Somerset
… site of the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. 11 The single-street village of the Middle Ages, with a possible back lane, … on the waste at the north and south ends of the single street in the 17th and 18th centuries, 22 although the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… of the church. The house is of three storeys, and built of red brick, the roofs are tiled. The greater part is of early … the house, built probably 40 or 50 years before it, is of red brick with diamond patterns picked out in blue bricks, … and there are three brick chimney stacks. On the street front the upper storey projects, and the plaster is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the hollow-way on the E. there is no clear evidence for a street system, nor any indication of how the village was … to 2 m. deep and appears to be an earlier line of the main street leading from the village to Braunstonbury (1) before …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… erected in 1862 in the 14th-century style, and is built of red brick with stone dressings and tiled roofs. It serves as … The church was erected from the designs of the late G.E. Street in the year 1857, the nave then consisting of four … spire. The walls both inside and out are faced with red bricks with diaper work and strings of purple bricks, and …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… quadrangle measuring 162 ft. 3 in. by 142 ft. They are of red brick with stone dressings and tiled roofs. Each house … buildings of interest may still be found in the old main street leading to the bridge. The old town hall, originally … was converted into a private house about 1845. 64 The Lion Inn is first mentioned in 1490, when its joint owners, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… and historical monuments in the City of London Bread Street ward 6. BREAD STREET WARD. Bread Street Ward comprises the parishes of St. … and crown. Miscellanea: On middle pews of church, carved lion and unicorn, probably marking former division between …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… also several orchards. The substrata are chiefly the old red sandstone, with limestone, and also sandstone of a … parish is 1527. The rocks in Bressay and Ness are the old red sandstone; in Quarff, clayslate and mica-slate; and in … against a walking spirit, instead of laying him in the Red Sea, I would condemn him to reside in the Buller of …