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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a township, in the parish of Ellingham, union of Belford, S. division of Bambrough ward, N. division of Northumberland, … division of the hundred of Pirehill and of the county of Stafford, 2 miles (N.) from Newcastle, on the road to … Tean, is in the first-named division. Beamhurst, Deadman's-Green, and Fole are hamlets in the parish. The living is a …
Old and New London
… Chaucer's London CHAPTER LI. CHAUCER'S LONDON. London Denizens in the Reigns of Edward III. and … to bear gibes. He wears a coat and hood of Lincoln green, and has a sword, dagger, horn, and buckler by his …
The Environs of London
… and fortresses, and defraying the expence of the king's expeditions. The grant concludes with the usual … of the archbishop. The manor was valued in the Confessor's time at 8l.; at the time of the Survey, at 15l. In 1291 3, … Apr. 25. Pat. 1 & 2 P. & M. pt. 15. Feb. 14. Regist. Lamb. Stafford, f. 188. b. The ancient arms of Lumley were Gules, 6 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… by Sir Christopher Wren in 167086, at a cost of 11,870 1 s. 9 d. It was repaired in 1867 and the roof was renewed in … its E. end and is pierced by six round-headed windows. The S. Elevation is in seven bays with a chamfered plinth, simple … is a painting on canvas by Sir James Thornhill, in black, green and gold, described on the artist's original sketch as …
Old and New London
… on a summer morning that last of the Mohicans, the green plane-tree now deserted by the rooks, at the corner of … How the great webs of gold chains sparkle in the jeweller's windows! How modern everything looks, and yet only a short … upon traces of primeval inhabitants in the shape of a deer's skull, with antlers, and the skull of a wolf, struck down, …
Old and New London
… More, born in 1480, was the son of a judge of the King's Bench, and was educated at St. Anthony's School, in Threadneedle Street. He was afterwards placed in … mercer of James I., who built Hicks' Hall, on Clerkenwell Green, sprang the Viscounts Camden; from Sir Rowland Hill, …
Old and New London
… NORTH:WOOD STREET. Wood StreetPleasant MemoriesSt. Peter's in ChepeSt. Michael's and St. Mary StainingSt. Alban's, Wood StreetSome Quaint … many a weary business man with memories of the fresh green fields far away, was for long the residence of rooks, …
Old and New London
… Civic Show on recordThe Water ProcessionsA Lord Mayor's Show in Queen Elizabeth's ReignGossip about Lord Mayors' ShowsSplendid PageantsRoyal … age, all dressed in white, wearing chaplets of white and green, and bearing lighted tapers. As Anne Boleyn, during her …
Old and New London
… CHAPTER XXIX. CHEAPSIDE TRIBUTARIESSOUTH. The King's ExchangeFriday Street and the Poet ChaucerThe Wednesday … There attnded all the masters of the hospital, with green staves in their hands, and all the Company in their … travellers to the City. It appears in the will of Edward Stafford, Earl of Wylshire, dated the 22nd of March, 1498, …
Old and New London
… will out"The "Sound of Bow Bells"Sir Christopher Wren's Bow ChurchRemains of the Old ChurchThe SeldamInteresting … in Cheapside and their MemoriesGoldsmiths' RowThe "Nag's Head" and the Self-consecrated BishopsKeats' HouseSaddler's … with his wife and family, in an upper lodging in Green's Court, Castle Street, Leicester Square, for there he …