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The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… fled from Norwich to escape the penalties of Earl Guader's conspiracy. 2 These merchants brought with them a … while the river had receded so slowly that the Abbot's manor contained but ten acres of meadow. 5 The early … for Suffolk, and the manuscripts in the British Museum, all confirm this statement of Blomefield. [Pedigree …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and hundred of Shrivenham, county of Berks, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Farringdon; comprising 792 a. 2 r. 25 p., and … and well-assorted collection of valuable books, and a museum; and several book-clubs have been established. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… of ponds and springs, of which the most notable was Miller's well, a medicinal spring situated at the point where the … prove a littoral settlement, have been found near St. Mary's church and at North Woolwich. 13 Until the later 12th … Essex, v. 28; for photographs of E. Ham tramcars see Museum of Transport, Clapham, and E.H.L. Photos. V.C.H. …
The Environs of London
… 1s. at Wallington. Manors. At the time of the Conqueror's Survey, there were two manors in Beddington, exclusive of … Manor of Home Beddington. The records relating to Azor's manor, sometimes called HomeBeddington, are very complete … keeper of the manor-house there. In a MS. in the British Museum 15, is an inventory of the "Guarderobe at the manour …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… Bedern and St. William's College Public Buildings and Institutions Bedern and St. William's College (33) Bedern, now a street leading from Goodramgate … Two other figures from the series are now in the Yorkshire Museum. The bressummers carrying the framing above are …
Survey of London
… houses. When the 112 acres composing the Duke of Bedford's Bloomsbury estate were developed, over 20 acres were laid … square by these celebrated architects are preserved in the Soane Museum, and represent two ceilings designed for Stainsforth, …
Survey of London
… in Bedford Street in the early years. Sir Francis Kynaston's aristocratic academy, the Musaeum Minervae, had a brief … his City premises by the Great Fire. 4 In the later 1670's the rates began to be assessed to individuals in … it (rebuilding some portions) as the college of the "Museum Minervae". The ground plan, which is now before me, …
Survey of London
… Street. It takes its name from the fourth Earl of Bedford's father-in-law, the third Lord Chandos. The part comprised … 5, had fine and distinctive woodwork that was admired by Soane and delineated by C. J. Richardson 75 (Plate 75). This … 4, nos. 3, 8. The Builder, 2. Nov. 1844, p. 554. Guildford Museum and Muniment Room, 97/13/9001. D.N.B.; G.E.C. E/BER, …
A History of the County of York
… Accounts of his death make some obscure references to York's topography and mention a temple of Bellona and a domus … debates which have occasioned the noblest pages of Bede's History, Edwin was christened at York on Easter Sunday, 12 … 9th-century manuscript of Alcuin's letters in the British Museum 40 is usually assigned a York provenance. It is in a …
Survey of London
… has been found to it in the large collections of Adam's drawings in the Soane Museum. The plan consists of three parts, a centre portion …