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A History of the County of York East Riding
… of 16th- and 17thcentury building still exist in Hull. A few specimens of timber-framed buildings, some perhaps of … the Second World War. Notable among these were the King's Head Inn, and the buildings at the entrance to George Yard, … now in the Henry Du Pont Winterthur Museum, Delaware, U.S.A. Trin. Ho. Rec. Ibid.; Hull Advertiser, 14 May 1796; 25 …
A Survey of Documentary Sources for Property Holding in London before the Great Fire
… Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (1959 onwards); S. De Ricci with W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and … United States and Canada (3 vols., New York, 193540), with a Supplement by C. V. Faye and W. H. Bond (New York, 1962); notes compiled by Dr. Caroline M. Barron in the U.S.A. during 1981. The entries are arranged alphabetically …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and modern Polo POLO Polo was initiated in England at a match played at Hounslow between the 10th Hussars, who … by the American polo players for competition at Newport, U.S.A. 6 Among the most notable players have been Captain F. …
Survey of London
… St. James's Square No 5 No. 5 Architect, Matthew Brettingham, senior, … this George Clisby who in 1685 was asked to prepare a map of the parish (see page 30), and who, as Mr. Clysbee, … Materials in possession of Mr. W. S. Lewis of Farmington, U.S.A., vol. 2, p. 45. B.M., Add. MS. 22254, ff. 22–47. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… St. John's College St. John's College St. John's College Arms (37) St. … begun at this date and opened in 1516. The brickmaker was a certain Reculver of Greenwich and the clerk-of-works Oliver … by Prof. W. Smyth, bequest of F. Boott, Boston, U.S.A. Floor-slabs: On site of old Chapel(1) probably of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Swanage 35 SWANAGE (0278) (O.S. 6 ins. aSZ 07 NW, bSZ 08 SW) The Urban District of … the sea forming its S. and E. boundaries. It comprises a roughly rectangular area, the S. third of which is a … English Country Life by J. D. White, privately printed in U.S.A. c. 1928. The interior has been modernised and has …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… North and north-west Telford lie beyond the coalfield's Boundary fault on the Bunter Pebble Beds which, with other … over much of north Shropshire. The town centre stands on a watershed; south of it the land is an undulating plateau … Gazette's Dawley correspondent A.W. Bowdler, 23 Dawley U.D.C. made approaches to the city of Birmingham and the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… road to Stratford terminated at the site of St. Lawrence's chapel 5 until the 20th century, and many of the houses … in Hampton Road in the early years of the 20th century and a cricket field was established by 1904. 13 More residential … was put up for sale. It was bought by A. W. Weddell (later U.S. ambassador to Spain) and his wife, who transported the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… parish of Manchester, with an area of 35, 152 acres and a population in 1901 of 878, 532, has from time immemorial … Adam Banastre and his associates displayed the king's banner at Manchester on 1 November 1315, at the outbreak of … Beyer, Richard Copley Christie, Charles Clifton of Jersey, U.S.A., and the legatees of Sir Joseph Whitworth. The capital …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… economic importance of Cambridge turned on its position as a centre of communications. It was and is a marketing centre … were empowered to improve the navigation from the Queen's mill to Clayhithe, and to make orders, levy tolls for … and New Zealand, and its installations are used in the U.S.A. In 1950 the Pye group of companies operating in …