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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… - Drymen Dingwall DINGWALL, a royal burgh, sea-port, and a parish, the capital of the county of Ross, 20 miles (S. W.) from Cromarty, and 174 (N. N. W.) from Edinburgh; containing 2100 … is supposed to have been originally a Danish settlement, and subsequently the seat of one of the numerous royal …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Dinton 29. … S.W.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, stands at the N. end of the village, and is built of coursed shaly rubble with stone dressings. …
University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)
… Birkbeck College. Suggate, Lenoard Sydney: University and Birkbeck Colleges. Swales, Alice: Birkbeck College. Tate, … of Economics. Rogerson, Evelyn Mary: University College and London School of Economics. Silk, Nellie: London School … Bedford College. Chivers, Ernest: University College and Birkbeck College. Church, Christine Maude: London School …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… scene of a sanguinary conflict between Ceawlin the Saxon, and Commeail and Condidam, petty kings of the Britons, both of whom he slew; and there are still some remains of the vast ramparts, called …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… 16791681. *John Man [Cheap, June, 1669] Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 16731679. Sir Henry Ashhurst [Vintry, … Members of Parliament bearing the same name is tentative and not definitely established. SUMMARY OF THE ALDERMANIC … 2 165455, 165960 1 1906 Nil VOTES OF ALDERMEN OF LONDON AND OTHER CIVIC PERSONAGES IN PARLIAMENT. Subjoined is a list …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… equidistant ( c. 15 km.) from Bridgnorth to the east and Much Wenlock to the north. 43 As communications improved … in the early 20th century its isolation was reduced, and by the later 20th century a high proportion of the … 19th century the parish contained 5,566 a. (2,253 ha.) 45 and comprised the three townships of Ditton Priors, Middleton …
Survey of London
… the archaeological evidence of the structure, both above and below ground, which has been presented in the preceding … been found; but, unfortunately, it is not quite conclusive and there is still doubt about the history of the building … two other 'manors of Hackney' (latterly known as Kingshold and Lordshold), and because Lysons 1 and a number of later …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… attention to signs of adaptation to changed conditions and to elements of innovation. 23 The geographical position and physical make-up of Shropshire meant that it was affected … depression in different ways from other midland counties and that there was perhaps less need for readjustment and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The period between the dissolution of the monasteries and the middle of the 18th century was an important one for … Shropshire farmers became more commercially minded and specialized in producing those commodities best suited to … the expansion of internal trade and was used by all sections of the community. Farmers habitually gave and took …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1750-1875 17501875 The second half of the 18th century and the first three quarters of the 19th were a period of … growth 16 (stimulated locally by industrialization) 17 and almost a quarter of a century of war (17931815) increased domestic demand for food and raised prices, rents, and land values to unprecedented …