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Survey of London
… Robinson, who was the principal developer of the Glebe and Sheffield House estates. Nos. 59 and 61 were erected on …
Old and New London
… Chantrey, the sculptor. He was born at Norton, near Sheffield, in 1781, and, as a boy, used to ride a donkey, …
Old and New London
… of the innkeepers of Knightsbridge, we may mention that Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, tells us that when about to be …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a branch railway in connexion with the Huddersfield and Sheffield line. The village of Upper Thong is seated on an …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The village is built on an eminence, on the road from Sheffield to Penistone, overlooking the river Don: many of … the manufacture of steel and iron wire. The Manchester and Sheffield railway passes through the township, within half a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which have been more fully disclosed in excavating for the Sheffield and Manchester railway. There are some woollen …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on the roads between Doncaster and Worksop, and Bawtry and Sheffield, which here cross each other. The streets are neat …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of an inferior quality is quarried. The Rotherham and Sheffield canal runs through the chapelry, and joins the … below the village, where is an old wharf; the high road to Sheffield also intersects the chapelry. The living is reputed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Tickhill, W. riding of York, 10 miles (E. by S.) from Sheffield; containing 214 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from Sheffield to Worksop, and comprises about 1700 acres of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… division of the county of Derby, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Sheffield; containing 408 inhabitants. The hamlet comprises …