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Survey of London
… subsequently changed to The St. Andrew 6, or St. Andrew's Cross. The premises seem to have come into the hands of … messuage, with appurtenances, in the parish of St. Martin's. 8 Ten years later Locker sold 9 the house to John Walker … on the said Street Southwards on a Messuage called Brown's Coffee house Eastwards on a Messuage commonly called Saint …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… probably of c. 1400, but the tracery has been removed. The S. arcade is of about the same period and of four bays with … by a two-centred arch with responds similar to the S. arcade of the nave; the arch is of c. 1400 and was built … round-headed window and below it a modern doorway. In the S. wall are four windows similar to those in the N. wall of …
Old and New London
… explore, And long perplexing lanes untrod before." Gay's "Trivia." The Locality a Century agoA Pair of Eccentric Old … of BaseBloomsbury deserted by the AristocracyAlbert Smith's Remarks on this once Patrician Quarter of LondonThe "Rookery," or "Holy Land"Meux's BreweryThe "Horse-shoe" Tavern, New Oxford StreetThe Royal …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… first half of the 19th century. The symmetrical three-bay S. front was built after 1857 in replacement of the original … lease in 1724 and a terrier of 1740 mentions 'Mr. Cooper's new-built house'. 1 The present front is of the late 19th … Row, is of three storeys and has an early 19th-century S. front of brickwork with stone quoins and a moulded stone …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Bodleian Library and the Schools Quadrangle stand to the S. of the Sheldonian Theatre and the Old Clarendon Building. … under William Orchard as master-mason. Duke Humphrey's Library was restored and rearranged by Sir Thomas Bodley in … plaster ceiling and in 1877 the floor of Duke Humphrey's Library was re-built and raised and the W. window of the …
A New History of London
… the French court had meditated to make of the Pretender's claims, inspired his son with a resolution to make an … a courier was dispatched to Holland to hasten the king's return; a requisition was made of the 6000 Dutch … a letter from the duke of Newcastle, in his majesty's name, September 5th, informing him that one of the …
Survey of London
… Street, the site of the old street, north of St. Saviour's Church, now lies within the Metropolitan Borough of … crossing Borough High Street just south of St. Saviour's. The line cut right across the ground and buildings of St. Thomas's Hospital and the hospital was, therefore, forced to move …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… Communications BOUNDARIES Borough and Liberties The town's medieval charters never defined the limits within which the … town but also the farmlands of the townsmen and the town's common pastures. Burghal privileges were not, however, … which comprised the 'water towns' of the archbishop's manor of Beverley, nor by the inhabitants of Molescroft. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Bourton 2 BOURTON (7630) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 72 NE, ST 73 SE) This parish, the northernmost … ft. above sea-level and falls into two parts. That in the S. is roughly oval and comprises more than two-thirds of the … two round-headed niches with moulded surrounds and shaped shelving. (5) Cloth Mill (77713087), single-storeyed with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Brasenose Hall, who died in 1508, bequeathing 6 13 s. 4 d. towards the building of 'Brasynose in Oxford, if such … Formby, Principal in 1502 and 150810, was one of Sutton's co-agents in holding the property purchased for the college … west wall were blocked so as to give a continuous wall of shelving; three large tables were put into the body of the …