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A Dictionary of London
… Alban (St.), Wood Street - Alderman's Walk Alban (St.), Wood Street On the east side of Wood Street, at the … Deeds, A. 2451). Rebuilt 1634. Burnt in the Fire 1666, and rebuilt 168~ by Sir C. Wren, at a cost of over £3000. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Alban's, St - Aldborough Alban's (St.) ALBAN'S (ST.) a borough and market-town having separate jurisdiction, and the head of … Giles; which time being found inconvenient, the eve of St. Faith was appointed by another charter in the 30th of that …
Survey of London
… built here. The site had been part of Stone Conduit Close and was a portion of the ground granted by the Earl of … French Protestant migr and keeper of the King's library at St. James's, 6 who lived here in 16834, Captain Oglethorp, … the work of a determined adherent to the Palladian faith who was resolved to resist the new fashions introduced …
Survey of London
… two houses, the principal front of which faces west into St. Andrew's Place that leads into the southern stretch of … Regent's Park. They were built by George Thompson in 1826 and have a porticoed front to the west. The east front on … Adelaide, 1832, and restored Thornhill's paintings at St. Paul's. He invented "Parris's Medium." No. 119. (formerly …
Survey of London
… 34 - THE ALBERT EMBANKMENT [See plates 114, 118, 119, 121 and 122.] The Victoria and the Albert Embankments were … constructed on the site of Stangate and Bishop's Walk, and St. Thomas' Hospital and the embankment walk were built on … known as Vauxhall. It was along the river strip between St. Mary's Church and Vauxhall that the population and …
Survey of London
… Albert Memorial Design and commissioning CHAPTER X - Albert Memorial THE Prince … at that period there seems, indeed, to have been a lack of faith in the nation's sculptural talent, 32 and Eastlake had … the Prince: the site should be provided by pulling down St. James's Palace.99 In 1866 The Builder spoke of Kelk's …
Survey of London
… Plates 41b, 42b, 47a In respect of the Prince's statue and the groups, where the artists were chosen by the Queen, … The latter was already working on Scott's reredos in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, but it was the former whose … by him under the reproach of 'dilatoriness and want of faith' from the committee in 1873. 471 For the architectural …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 61 The benefice was a rectory by 1291. 62 Between 1958 and 1971 it was held in plurality with Woodmancote, and between 1971 and 1976 with Hurstpierpoint. After 1976 it … but from 1983 he lived in the village. 2 The church of ST. BARTHOLOMEW (the dedication is recorded from 1442), 3 is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… S.E. (b)xxii. N.E.) Ecclesiastical a (1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands on a hill at the E. end of the village. It is … with clunch dressings; the roofs are covered with tiles and with lead. The Chancel, of c. 1230 is the earliest part. The Nave, Aisles, and chancel arch were re-built c. 1360, the West Tower was …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… (BS 1557)? Known London address Barbican (?) Parish St Giles without Cripplegate Ward Cripplegate (Within & … by Thomas Jones, a servant employed by Mr. Carpenter of St. Maryhill, of evil practices and that he received from him 30s. as a present.' Initiator …