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Old and New London
… Our great Cathedral fane in silence bound." Whitehead's "Legends of London." Etymology of WestminsterA Startling PropositionThe Legend of St. Peter's Dedication of the First AbbeyThe Building burnt by the … of Westminster was given to distinguish it from St. Paul's Church, in the City of London. Apropos of the origin or …
Old and New London
… side yield." Ben Jonson. Law Students residing in the King's CourtThe Hall built by William RufusThe Poor regaled here by Henry III.Prince Henry crowned in his Father's LifetimeSir John Dymoke, the King's ChampionThe Hall rebuilt by Richard II.Rejoicings for the …
Old and New London
… "Dark Ages"The Beginning of Westminster SchoolHenry VIII.'s Additions to the FoundationThe School as founded by Queen ElizabethElection of Queen's Scholars"Challenges"Proposed removal of the SchoolDr. Goodman's House at ChiswickThe College HallThe School-roomLatin …
Old and New London
… England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn Dryden's Fondness for Mulberry TartsArlington HouseThe House … House purchased by George III., and called the "Queen's House"Northouck's Description of Buckingham House in the Time of George …
Old and New London
… Residents in King StreetOliver Cromwell's MotherA Strange Incident in the Life of CromwellKing … StreetGreat George StreetLying in State of Lord Byron's BodyInstitution of Civil EngineersNational Portrait … NursesThe National SocietyAnecdote about Sir John Hawkins's "History of Music"Her Majesty's Stationery OfficeParker …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and WashhousesMechanics' … MuseumA Cock-pitGreat Peter StreetSt. Matthew's ChurchThe Residence of Colonel BloodSt. Anne's LaneOld and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… tenants in Westonbirt. 15 Suit to the abbot of Cirencester's court was owed in 1353 by the payers of the rents given to … court met in the church and the homage dined at the lord's expense. 18 There is no evidence that Lasborough was ever … 19 c. 1660 it was said that Lasborough contributed 8 s. to every £1 rate. 20 Poor-relief for Lasborough was being …
A History of the County of Somerset
… between the rivers Cary, since displaced by the King's Sedgemoor Drain, and Parrett. 6 The parish includes the … away north across Land moor to 4 m. (13 ft.) at King's Sedgemoor Drain, west to 5 m. (16 ft.) beyond Penzoy, and … called Liney House. Easthaven was probably the commander's house for the local air force base. It is a Neo-Georgian …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of whom 586 are in Wetheral township, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Carlisle. The Newcastle and Carlisle railway passes … ancient cells, called Wetheral Safeguard, or Constantine's Hermitage, excavated in the rock, at the height of forty … of York, 12 miles (N. E. by N.) from Leeds, 13 (W. by S.) from York, and 194 (N. N. W.) from London, on the great …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the vicarage of Mutford annexed, valued in the king's books at 6. 6. 5.; net income, 660; patrons, the Master and … E. division of the county of Gloucester, 7 miles (S. W.) from Gloucester; containing 391 inhabitants, and … The living is a perpetual curacy, valued in the king's books at 7. 12. 3., and has a net income of 135; the …