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Old and New London
… chamber, formerly the depository of the regalia of the Scottish kings, including the Holy Cross of Holyrood. Dean …
Old and New London
… 1745 it was omitted on account of the panic caused by the Scottish Rebellion, and in 1782 on account of the death of …
Old and New London
… Charing Cross and Whitehall, was so called from the Scottish king, who had that place assigned to him as a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… calcined earth, caused by the English, when pressed by the Scottish army under Leslie, setting fire to their camp, the … to the plague, and some also to the incursion of the Scottish army, part of which was quartered here after the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Independents, Primitive Methodists, Seceders from the Scottish Church, Unitarians, and Wesleyans; and a Roman …
Old and New London
… It was necessary for James to show that he would not spare Scottish more than English malefactors. Sanquhar was tried in …
Survey of London
… east side. The street has suffered severely from the air-raids during the war and most of the west side has gone from … Chitty Street and Howland Street, although damaged by raids, present four houses of uniform design, except for some … much rebuilt and its old houses have been destroyed by the raids. Opposite the end of Scala Street there still stands …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of Scotland; and during the disputed succession to the Scottish throne it was delivered into the custody of Edward … From their heroic valour, they obtained from the Scottish monarchs the privilege of forming the van in every … was Allan, whose grandson, John Baliol, succeeded to the Scottish throne on the death of Alexander III. After the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Oliver Cromwell pursuing through it, in 1648, the Scottish army under the Duke of Hamilton, whom he had driven … a handsome meeting-house for Wesleyans, and a Scottish church, in which the late distinguished Dr. Chalmers …