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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… as back of organist's seat, one bay of base with three close panels, having cinquefoiled heads and carved spandrels, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… S. with the carved figure of a man with large head wearing close-fitting round cap and pleated gown with shoulder-cape, …
Old and New London
… which he had brought the war with France and Spain to a close by the Treaty of Fontainebleau, Lord Bute suddenly … was attacked at Strawberry Hill by the cold, about the close of November, 1796, and at the end of that month he … some respects resembled. In this square died, towards the close of the last century, the eccentric son of Sir John …
Survey of London
… of such grand new hotels as the Cecil, the Savoy and, close at hand, Claridge's made such establishments as …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the railroad from London to Birmingham runs close to the canal, and has a station at this point. The … Catholic chapel erected in 1834, at a cost of about 6000. Close to it is a convent of the Sisters of Mercy, erected in … its coins are still preserved. There is a mineral spring close to the town, which is occasionally resorted to by …
A History of the County of Hertford
… was ordered to be repressed in 1716; Cobb, op. cit. 101. Close, 2 Hen. III, m. 6. Two Surveys of the Manor of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… at the corner of Ravens Lane. On the south side are Three Close Lane and Highfield Road, with paths still paved with … inns, all eighteenth-century houseson the south side the 'Swan,' the 'Crown' and the 'King's Arms,' and on the north … 1357 Reeveacre, situated in a common field called Nether Close. 101 This land was later called the Bailiff acre and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… the 12th-century priory-buildings which formerly stood close by: ( a) scalloped and belonging to small angular … with moulded dado-rail and cornice. The staircase has a close string, moulded handrail and turned balusters. (12) …
Old and New London
… of the Abbey ChurchRemains of the Abbey at the Close of the Last CenturyNeckinger RoadThe Church of St. Mary … and the other waterside places mentioned towards the close of the preceding chaptermarks the ancient water-course, … Abbey Street and Long Lane, into the Borough High Street, close by St. George's Church. This, then, is the spot on …
Old and New London
… an oilman, near the entrance of Topping's wharf (which is close by the church), which was totally destroyed, with a … then lately used as Watson's Telegraph, as stated at the close of the last chapter, and afterwards caught the roof of … at the present timeare described so vividly, and with such close accuracy, that we cannot do better than quote the …