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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the centre of the urban district. This forms the town's main street passing through the Market Place, continuing as … unaltered. Bank House, called for a time in the 1940's Marlborough House, in West End, facing into the Market … but some of it was still open and was used for a builder's yard and as allotments. Two houses with modernized …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… begun before 1086, for by then William Scudet, the king's cook, held an estate of 4 hides which was to form later the … the manor of Westbury Priory. 46 The rest of Defuble's land was regranted by Henry II to Joce de Dinan, and by … Pavely was holding Westbury by the service of one knight's fee. 56 The manor at that time comprised the four estates …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilkins, a clothier. 68 In 1624 the occupier was Anthony's son, William, 69 and in 1653 it was Richard Wilkins, fuller … the most powerful one in the county in 1838. In the 1840's both mills were mortgaged, and for a time Angel Mill ceased … At Bitham Mill a storehouse was built for Laverton's speculative purchases of wool and yarn. In 1930 Pond Farm …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Westcott 95. WESTCOTT. (O.S. 6 in. xxvii. N.E.) Secular Homestead Moats (1). In Bury field, S.E. of the church, fragment. (2). In Whitechurch Close, S.E. of the church, fragment. (3). The White Swan Inn, E. of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by Edward II. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 22. 4. 2., and in the gift of G. Courthope, Esq.: … hundred of Braughin, county of Hertford, 1 mile (S. by E.) from Buntingford; containing 425 inhabitants. It … flat. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 20, and in the gift of the Countess of Mexborough: …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in West London Westminster 16. WESTMINSTER. (O.S. 6 in. London, Sheet K.) The city of Westminster comprises … Latin. VII, 33. (2). Strand Lane, E. side, about 80 yards S. of the Strand, plunge-bath of brick with a round N. end, … 1 in. The bath is fed by a spring which now enters at the S.E. corner, and there are remains of the former feed-pipe or …
Old and New London
… dead!" Ingoldsby Legends. Tomb of King SebertSt. Benedict's ChapelSt. Edmund's ChapelSt. Nicholas's ChapelHenry VII.'s ChapelThe Royal VaultAn Authentic Ghost …
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
… pageantry. At the opening of the ceremony one of William's prelates, Geoffrey, the Bishop of Coutances, asked the … by the blood of many Jews (though utterly against the king's will), who, in a tumult raised by the multitude, were … our Church." We abridge the following account from Hunter's "History of London:""Among the vast concourse which the …
Old and New London
… ChurchDimensions of the BuildingThe West Front and Wren's Gothic TowersThe North Transept and "Solomon's Porch"The ChapelsGeneral Description of the South … of the Interior from the West DoorwayChurchill's Satirical Poem on the Tombs and MonumentsPitt's FuneralThe …