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Survey of London
… of the Site. The history of the site on which Barry's present building stands is a complicated one, and is here … with adjoining buildings, into a residence for the King's son, the ill-fated Duke of Monmouth. 1 Operations seem to … 16645). Scott, Duke of Monmouth. The extent of the duke's lodgings was greater than would appear from the plan of …
Survey of London
… family from whom it passed in due course to Merrick's father. 309 It was described in 1660 as consisting of "All … Drove Lane called Horsemonger Lane leading from the King's highway on the North side of a field called Millfield and … in Canterbury." The Swan lay just south of St. George's Church. It was a large inn with a brewhouse attached and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In the 15th century the area to the west of Great St. Mary's Church was covered with shops, dwellinghouses, and schools, … property between this street and the Old Court of King's College, part of which had been given before 1278, and the … in these early days. The two library rooms, Rotherham's (or the east) and the south, were approached by a common …
Old and New London
… The Thames Banks in the Early AgesSir Christopher Wren's Plan for embanking the RiverEvelyn's Suggestion with the same ViewThe Subject brought before … of Somerset House itself, has been fitted up with miles of shelving, whereon are stowed away long rows of folio volumes …
Survey of London
… difficult to place, 752 or of 181213, when Milligan's statue was put up just to the south and the fire-engine … with its design; if in 181213, then it was John Rennie's responsibility. It is in keeping with Rennie's work … survives, projecting into No. 1 Warehouse, with granite shelving and a John Tann 'Reliance Door'. The building was …
Old and New London
… and Wool MerchantsThe Drapers in Olden TimesMilborne's CharityDress and LiveryElection Dinner of the Drapers' CompanyA Draper's FuneralOrdinances and PensionsFiftythree Draper … poisoned by Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Queen Elizabeth's favourite. There is a monument to his memory in the Church …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… whose lords created a hunting chase in the manor. Offa's Dyke, once marking the boundary between the lands of the … dyke was built, but by 956 it was part of the English king's manor of Tidenham. 1 Nevertheless it retained its separate … gained from the river and planted with grass; the river's action has also added land to the bank further south, in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… high, to Blackburn. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's Bolton and Blackburn railway passes through the eastern … Hall, and skulls found, are given in Harland and Wilkinson's Legends. The 'old Turton acre' had 6 yards to the perch. 4 … called a fourth or an eighth part of the composite knight's fee held chiefly by Richard de Lathom, 10 and appears to …
Old and New London
… duty." Old Song. Formation of Trafalgar SquareThe "King's Mews"Mr. Cross's MenagerieA State Coach-houseThe Royal Humane SocietyThe Nelson MonumentSir E. Landseer's LionsStatues of George IV., General Havelock, and Sir …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… defines this as a small salt cellar placed near a guest's TRENCHER at table. It is at least as likely that it …