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A History of the County of Hampshire
… of turf and a ditch, and for the protection of the wharves with mounds of earth, 356 but in 1559 Portsmouth was …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… 5 These wealthy merchants often owned shops near to their wharves John de Mokkyng, 6 John Lambyn, 7 and John Leche, 8 … wharf in St Magnus, Bk E, p 252 Walter Turk leased several wharves, Bk E, p 246 Cal Wills, I, 499 Ib, I 582 Ib, I, 584 …
Survey of London
… The Thames Embankment was set to displace existing wharves and increase demand for water frontages. In an … trade, but as an extension of water frontage to provide wharves for manufacturing, especially shipbuilding and ship … Bill (fig. 125). The intention was not to build on the wharves, but simply to let plots on building leases. Up to …
Survey of London
… for redevelopment in 19634 (see below). 138 B Yard, Timber Wharves and T2 Shed. From the opening of the docks the area … Yard, with a water frontage of 435ft, was leased to Timber Wharves Limited, a company formed by Montague L. Meyer … machinery with a silo was added in 19434. 143 The Timber Wharves site was enlarged to the southeast in 1957 and grew …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… river's importance to Chelsea was marked by the number of wharves belonging to private residents, which allowed them to … to Chelsea church for his funeral in 1557. 5 In 1543-4 the wharves of the queen and the rector both needed repair. 6 … Arch House which spanned the latter), and the removal of wharves and stairs: the MBW made three new sets of stairs c. …
Old and New London
… oasis in the midst of a dark wilderness of warehouses and wharves, lie the pleasant gardens of the Temple. Lower down …
Old and New London
… extended, with the quays and "stairs" of the nobles, and wharves of the commons, while its waters were peopled with …
Old and New London
… and other articles of merchandise were swept away from the wharves and quays, and the prison-yard of the Borough compter …
Old and New London
… of titled and wealthy personages. A number of dingy coal-wharves was all that, during the first half of the present …
Old and New London
… arches, many of which are used for cellars and coal-wharves, remind us, in their grim vastness, of the Etruscan …