Search
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… survey in Calverton was there certified to be a Berew of the manor of Blidworth of the arch-bishop of Yorkes fee, … The land being twelve bovats. There seven vill. and two bord. had two car. 1 There was a church and a priest, and two acres of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… defines it rather cautiously as a fine fabric, probably of SILK. Leif Wilhelmsen endorses this, but suggests that the … Ages [Wilhelmsen (1943)]. Probably the 'Comashes out of Turkey, the piece' rated in 1660 are the same [Rates … in fibre content, including mohair [Kerridge (1985)]. Two eighteenth-century definitions show how variously camlet …
Old and New London
… latebr dulces, et jam, si credis, amn." Horace. Antiquity of the ParishIts EtymologyIts Condition at the Time of the … Hatcham, Cold Herbergh, and Milkwell. William, Earl of Gloucester, natural son of Henry I., who possessed a portion … the original structure underwent extensive changes, and two years afterwards became subject to the abbey of St. …
The Environs of London
… Camberwell CAMBERWELL. Name. Etymology. The name of this parish, in the Conqueror's Survey, is written … another of the co-heirs; to his son Richard, and to his two immediate descendants, both Gilberts; to Hugh, lord … and rough stone, and consists of a nave, chancel, and two aisles: at the west end is a small embattled tower, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… 3. CAMBERWELL. (O.S. 6 in. London, Sheet O.) The Borough of Camberwell is coterminous with the civil parish of … on inscription, part of border of large foreign brass with two weepers and part of inscription; palimpsest on shield, … having representations of drops of blood, the stem has two flanges, the lower enriched with oak leaves and acorns; a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… separate jurisdiction, and forming a union and hundred of itself, in the county of Cambridge, on the river Cam, 51 … being suddenly called away by the tidings of the Earl of Gloucester's success, he left Cambridge without a garrison, … supplied with provisions: the market-place consists of two spacious oblong squares. There are two fairs: one of …
Survey of London
… Cambridge Terrace XXXVICAMBRIDGE TERRACE To the south of Chester Terrace comes Cambridge Terrace separated as usual … was named after the Ducal Viceroy of Hanover, and only two blocks belong to the earlier period, being much simpler … was Richard Mott whom we find in a similar capacity at Gloucester Gate. The terrace consists of blocks of four …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… Cambridge The Growth of the City CAMBRIDGE THE GROWTH OF THE CITY 1 … either side for hunting, cultivation or trade, or to link two communities potentially or actually in a friendly … activity in this diffuse settlement is manifest. Two bronze hoards, one of which is illustrated in Plate 2, …
Survey of London
… 16: CAMDEN TOWN Camden Town occupies the southern portion of the prebendal manor of Cantlowes or Kentish Town, shown on … Crowndale Road (formerly Fig Lane), to which the name of Gloucester Place was then given. On the east side of the … is not shown as it was not opened until two years later ( see below). In Britton's map of 1834 the …
Old and New London
… "Vix rure urbem dignoscere possis." Camden TownStatue of Richard CobdenOakley SquareThe "Bedford Arms"The Royal … above life-size, and is placed upon a granite pedestal of two stages, about twelve feet high, the plinth of which is … o'clock, and the balloon alighted safely in Havering Park, two miles from Romford, in Essex. The two aronauts, having …