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Old and New London
… TrialBacon and YelvertonHis ExecutionSir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of Nigel"Shadwell's Squire of AlsatiaA Riot in WhitefriarsElizabethan Edicts … AlsatiaBridewellA Roman FortificationA Saxon PalaceWolsey's ResidenceQueen Katherine's Trial Her Behaviour in …
Survey of London
… appearance of the Palace in the early part of Charles II's reign. The building operations of that monarch no doubt … mass of buildings, of differing styles and dates. James II's rebuilding of the privy gallery and of the Queen's … for the Vane in the Kings w thdrawing, and altring the stock w chcomes from the said Vane." (B.M. Harl. MS., 1653, …
Old and New London
… Placethat is past: For since the Cardinal fell that title's lost; 'Tis now the King's, and called Whitehall." Shakespeare's Henry VIII., Act IV., sc. 1. The most Polite Court in …
Old and New London
… banqueting-house, and other apartments, as "Henry VIII.'s Gallery," the "Boarded Gallery," the "Matted Gallery," the … pleasant lodgings, buildings, and mansions for his grace's singular pleasure, comfort, and commodity, to the honour of … Act of Parliament it was directed to be called "The King's Palace at Westminster" for ever. Its limits were defined on …
Survey of London
… Whitfield Street stood Fitzroy Chapel, later St. Saviour's Church, which is separately noticed below (p. 48). North of … and No. 129 which alone retains its original facing of stock brick. The west side of the northernmost part of … schemes. Next to the corner of Warren Street stands a stock brick house (No. 122) with a good entrance door having …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1856 Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1856 JANUARY 1856 1st. Went out, … Mayor, and the consequence is that the speculators on the Stock Exchange are almost out of their senses. The funds are …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, July-December 1855 Whymper's London Diary, July-December 1855 1. July. Sunday. Went to … that they have, and also to hasten the sale of his stock. It is said that we now have 180,000 effective men in …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, July-December 1857 Whymper's London Diary, July-December 1857 July 1. Finished Egyptian … to stand it, for although I do not fall in love with joint stock banks, yet I think that is an honest one. 17. Went on …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… inhabitants, of whom 1333 are in the town, 16 miles (S. by E.) from Canisbay, 20 (S. E. by E.) from Thurso, and … Considerable attention is paid to the rearing of live-stock. The cattle are of the native black-breed, hardy, … of swine are now fed, and form not only a profitable stock for home consumption, but also for exportation, not …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 930 hectares, lies N.W. of the Great Ouse which forms the S.E. boundary. Large areas of alluvium and river gravels … plain at about 68 m. above OD. The higher land to the S. of the village and in Whittlewood Forest in the W., is … 5 (1971), 41). c(2) Roman Building (SP 761377), in the S.E. of the parish, close to the Great Ouse, on river gravel …