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Old and New London
… Cheapside Shows and pageants CHAPTER XXVII. CHEAPSIDE SHOWS AND PAGEANTS. A Tournament in CheapsideThe Queen in DangerThe … Lord Mayor's ShowsA Grand Banquet in GuildhallGeorge III. and the Lord Mayor's ShowThe Lord Mayor's State CoachThe Men …
Old and New London
… TRIBUTARIESSOUTH. The King's ExchangeFriday Street and the Poet ChaucerThe Wednesday Club in Friday … Easy it is to Redeem the National DebtSt. Matthew's and St. Margaret MosesBread Street and the Bakers' ShopsSt. … I by no means advise us to run so hastily out; slower measures will be juster, and consequently better and surer." …
Unpublished London Diaries
… July 23September 5 1914, recording the preliminaries to and outbreak of the First World War as it impinged on her … social circle in London. Interesting for rumours and scare-stories as well as food shortages, shopping and … 193931 Dec 1945, of her wartime experiences in London, ARP measures, civilian conditions, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, the …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Cotswold parishes, lies 10.5 km. NNE. of Cirencester and covers 1,935 ha. (4,781 a.). 1 It is bounded on the south-east by the Foss way and on the east and north-east by the river Coln and is … woods in 1543 when a lease of the demesne required that measures be taken to preserve the young trees against grazing …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Chedzoy parish lies immediately east of Bridgwater parish and at the western end of King's Sedgemoor; Chedzoy village … element in the name, 'eg' or 'ieg', signifies an island 28 and the village, with its adjoining arable fields, lies on an … which is mostly below the 4-m. contour. The parish measures 615 ha. (1,519 a.), c. 136 a. having been …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shared with other lordships. In 1235 William de Montagu and the abbot of Glastonbury had agreed to divide receipts … century. 16 In the early 14th century tenants of Dunwear and others were presented for grazing sheep and geese illegally on the commons. 17 The arable land held …
Old and New London
… Boundary of the ParishEtymology of its NameCharles II. and Colonel BloodChelsea FieldsThe "Dwarf's Tavern"Chapels of French Huguenot RefugeesGardens and NurseriesAppearance of Chelsea from the RiverChelsea in … Hunt in ChelseaHistory of the ManorThe Old Manor House and its Eminent ResidentsLord Cremorne's Farm at ChelseaLady …
Survey of London
… the old church proceeds in a large degree from the number and beauty of its monuments to the past inhabitants of the riverside village, and also to its numerous interesting fittings. These latter … appears to have been originally 6 ft. square, but now measures 6 ft.X4 ft. 6 in. It is a red Ensign (with the Jack …
The Environs of London
… 1717, says, that the parish then contained 350 houses, and that they had been much increased of late. Bowack, who … principal street takes its name from the Sloane family, and is about six furlongs in length; it contains 160 houses, … and the party to which he had attached himself pursuing measures which he disapproved, his Lordship withdrew himself …
The Environs of London
… Extracts from the Register. "Charles Hickman, D. D. and Bishop of Londonderry elect, and Anne Burgoyne of the county of Warwick, were married Ap l 15, 1703." "Hon ble James Brydges, Esq. and the Hon. Cassandra Willoughby, married Aug. 4, 1713." …