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Old and New London
… England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn Dryden's Fondness for Mulberry TartsArlington HouseThe House … in 1665, as we learn from a note in his Life by Sir Walter Scott, that Dryden would repair hither, along with his … designs, suggested by the novels and poems of Sir Walter Scott. The Royal Stablesor mews, as they are generally …
Old and New London
… Residents in King StreetOliver Cromwell's MotherA Strange Incident in the Life of CromwellKing … StreetGreat George StreetLying in State of Lord Byron's BodyInstitution of Civil EngineersNational Portrait … The architect of this beautiful column was Sir G. Gilbert Scott; the figures of St. George and the Dragon, however, are …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Henry de Bohun. 82 It evidently reverted with Henry's manor of Haresfield to the main branch of his family 83 and … of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford (d. 1322). Eleanor's successive husbands, James Butler, earl of Ormonde, and … by Hon. Galbraith Cole and was sold in 1929 to Maj. R. A. Scott who retained it until 1950. In 1952 it passed to a firm …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Weymouth 42 WEYMOUTH (6778) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 67 NE, bSY 68 SE, cSY 68 NE, dSY 78 SW) The … (1) to Mary Jane, c. 1800; (2) to Fanney, wife of James Scott, 1791; (3) to Elizabeth,early 19th-century. In nave, (4) to Judith Martin, 1797; (5) to George Scott, 1817; (6) to Samuel Scriven, 1829, and others; (7) to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in Buckinghamshire Whitchurch 221. WHITCHURCH. (O.S. 6 in. xxiii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of … Brasses: In S. aisle(1) to Hannah, daughter of Thomas Scott, 1699; (2) to Thomas Scott of Creslow, 1699. Indents: In nave (1) figures of a man …
Old and New London
… TrialBacon and YelvertonHis ExecutionSir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of Nigel"Shadwell's Squire of AlsatiaA Riot in … and questionable population, has been admirably drawn by Scott in his fine novel of "The Fortunes of Nigel," recently …
Survey of London
… appearance of the Palace in the early part of Charles II's reign. The building operations of that monarch no doubt … the Guard Chamber and the Chappell" (Confession of George Scott alias Kenyon, P.R.O., S.P. 29/395, No. 2419th July, … 16667.) Incidents such as the fictitious one related in Scott's Peveril of the Peak seem not to have been few. "It …
Old and New London
… grac'd, But by his death imperfect and defac'd." Storer's Metrical History of Wolsey. Wallingford HousePope's Lines on the Death-bed Scene of Villiers, Duke of … exterior group of buildings was designed by Sir G. Gilbert Scott, R.A., the architect of the Foreign Office throughout; …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1856 Whymper's London Diary, … and others, but one most to be deplored is that of Messrs Scott Russell and Co., the shipbuilders who are building the … the prize, but I live in hope. 29. Cut up wood, went to Mr Scott's and Weir's and drew shields. No news. The Emperor of …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1858 Whymper's London Diary, … with the murderer at the head of it. 11. Went to Scott's at Peckham, cut up a great deal of wood for Gilbert's … in some of my plans by and by. Very fine. 30. Went to Scott's (Peckham) cut up wood, went on with sketch of St …