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Survey of London
… Palace a great portion of it was taken by Henry VIII, 1 and the road was reduced to a width of 40 feet between the … this narrowness in the only thoroughfare between the City and Westminster, where the Law Courts and the Houses of … proclaimed at Whitehall upon the Green, right against the Tilt Yard." (Letter dated 1st April, 1603, in Historical MSS. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… 1689-1702 APPENDIX. The following documents are undated, and the dates assigned are conjectural. [1689.] A new … or assist any persons against their Majesties King William and Queen Mary. All who refuse such a passive test, refuse to … Banquetting House, as formerly, or in Scotland Yard or the Tilt Yard, or elsewhere about H.M. palace, and that his …
Old and New London
… Apsley House and Park Lane CHAPTER XXIX. APSLEY HOUSE AND PARK LANE. "Tecto quum vidit in illo] Magnum … sisters, sat as the "Queen of Beauty" at the Eglinton Tournament. Camelford House, so called after Pitt, Lord …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… beholds from the bold promontory on which it stands a wide and fertile valley, smiling beneath the industry of man. He sees churches, villages, and mansions, thickly studded along its wooded banks, and a … a Knight Banneret in the time of Edward I., and was at the tournament of Dunstable, in the second of Edward II. 45 He …
The Environs of London
… upon one of the great roads. The Roman road to StaneStreet and Sussex, passed through the parish. Situation, boundary, and extent. The village of Beddington lies near two miles to … Croydon, on the north by Mitcham, on the south by Coulsdon and Woodmanstern, and on the west by Carshalton. It contains …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… rolling heathland, over Bagshot Beds, lying between 50 ft. and 200 ft. above O.D., across which the river Frome cuts … S.E. The middle part is largely occupied by Reading Beds and London Clay which give rise to extensive woodland. The N. … parish is on Chalk rising to just over 300 ft. above O.D. and in places cut into by dry valleys draining into the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in east London Bermondsey AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN EAST LONDON. ACCREDITED TO A DATE … Magdalene, Bermondsey; St. John, Horsleydown; St. Olave and St. Thomas, Southwark; and St. Mary, Rotherhithe. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, a port, borough, market-town, parish, and county of itself, 55 miles (E. by S.) from Edinburgh, and … which it receives the streams of the Erichkie, Bruar, and Tilt, falls into the Tummel, at the south-eastern extremity … course but for a short way through the parish. The river Tilt, from the loch of that name, on the summit of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the chapel is an ancient building, dedicated to St. Giles, and is served by the vicar. There is a place of worship for … Bierley, North BIERLEY, NORTH, a township, in the parish and union of Bradford, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of … of which 2250 are pasture, 276 arable, 238 woodland, and about 500 waste. The old Hall has been rebuilt in a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bank of the river Glyme, just within Wychwood forest 43 and probably within the bounds of a large preConquest royal … Woodstock Manor, although also called Woodstock castle 45 and, by later writers, the royal palace. The early Norman kings visited Woodstock, and Henry I, to whom the creation of the park was attributed, …