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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… in the county of Kincardine, adjoining the town of Bervie, and containing 1015 inhabitants. The name of this place has … signifies "the confluence of the water below the Baron's house," and is descriptive of the site of the ancient … post; also one at Arasaig, with a delivery three times weekly; and a third at Kilchoan, communicating, by a …
Survey of London
… to a king) was dilapidated, perhaps even in ruins, and the remainder divided into tenements: and when, in 1759, the dilapidated portion was rebuilt, it … record of the appearance of the north front, but Burlison's plan of 1842 (Plate 4) shows that it then had four …
Survey of London
… construction of the building. Except in the Georgian block and the eighteenth-century extension of the south range, … which were built with brick walls carrying timber floors and roof, the walls were carried up in brick to the level of … south of a blocked door with a four-centred arched head (S on plan on Plate 5). The arches were plain axed half-brick …
Survey of London
… Their effect was not only to enlarge but also to improve and rationalize the buildings. A feature of the phase was the … to place. The variations in plinth levels ranged between 2 and 3 feet. The alterations to the eastern range of Court I, … porch; the arrangement appears to be echoed in Chatelain's engraving of 1750, where the porch can be seen to have a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… There is no evidence that during this period the climatic and general environment of the Thames valley differed from … The decline from the climatic optimum of the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods continued. Barley appears to have been … WEST DRAYTON & YIEWSLEY Yiewsley, most from Boyer's Gravel-pit (possibly TQ. 07488033 or TQ. 08168014): c. 14 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the Near East. From there the knowledge spread to southern and central Europe and eventually to Britain. 3 The earliest dated iron objects … dwelling-place in Middlesex is a site, once called Caesar's Camp, now destroyed by a runway of London Airport at …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… when the Thames was flowing through the vale of St. Albans and, later, through the Finchley Gap, and the earliest Middlesex material can be dated to a period … of the century a Mr. Conyers found, opposite 'Black Mary's' near Gray's Inn Lane, a handaxe associated with the tooth …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… stages of his cultural development. So far as the evidence and available records allow, it has been shown how these … have presented themselves in Middlesex. For comparisons and correlations, however, it has been necessary to consider … west respectively. Products of Flint Industry from Dewe's Farm, South Harefield 1-5, flakes and blades; 6-10, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… with the arrival of early 'Pagan' (Teutonic) elements and to be distinct from the later period during which a … of the Romans needs qualification. 41 In A.D. 429 and about 447 42 Verulamium, less than nine miles from the … uncertain. The earthwork in the Harrow area known as Grim's Dyke was once thought to have been raised against the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the gazetteer, but the distribution pattern remains thin and difficult to explain on evironmental grounds. However, … the area was certainly in early contact with Roman London and it seems possible that, even earlier, Julius Caesar may … enabled chariots to deploy in or near woods, and Caesar's observations are not easily correlated with known …