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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
… Westminster St. James's Park CHAPTER V. ST. JAMES'S PARK. "A spark That less admires the Palace than the Park." Pope. Storey's GateOrigin of "Birdcage Walk"The Wellington BarracksOrigin …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Symon de Kirkeby, clerk, John de Eboraco, clerk; Dodsworth's MS. 149, f. 138. 12201220 Adam, son of Orm de Wraton and … whose heir he is, and for which, by reason of William's default, Ralph de Ayencurt distrains him to do suit to his … an assize of mort d'ancestor against the abbot after Adam's death; and the prays for a jury. Adjourned; Assize R. 454, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Bootle; containing 208 inhabitants. The parish is … sea. About 26 years ago, Dr. King, now president of Queen's College, Cambridge, drove a level about a hundred yards …
Old and New London
… TrialBacon and YelvertonHis ExecutionSir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of Nigel"Shadwell's Squire of AlsatiaA Riot in WhitefriarsElizabethan Edicts … AlsatiaBridewellA Roman FortificationA Saxon PalaceWolsey's ResidenceQueen Katherine's Trial Her Behaviour in …
A Dictionary of London
… - Wild Goose Court Whitefriars Theatre Near the Bishop's house, and formerly the Hall or Refectory of the … (p.323). Whitegate Alley See Widegate Street. Whiteley's Rents See Wheatsheaf Alley, Upper Thames Street. White's Alley South out of Holborn, west of Barnard's Inn, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… great resort. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 12. 11. 3., and in the patronage of the Dean and … the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 7. 10. 10.; net income, 302; patron, the Bishop of … E. division of the county of Gloucester, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from Cheltenham; containing 231 inhabitants. It lies …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Stockton, N. E. division of Stockton ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 5 miles (N. W. by W.) … for 11; and the impropriate for 106. 17. payable to Christ's Hospital, Sherburn. Whitton, with Tripleton WHITTON, with … to the vicarage of Aukborough, and valued in the king's books at 6. 10. Whitton WHITTON, a township, in the parish …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1855 Edward Whymper's London diary 1855 1859 1855 Book 1 st. Commencing Jan 1 st … cut up some wood and went to Mr Darby at Carpenter Smith's Wharf. Cold day. No news. Mr Swinfens is engaged to work …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… inhabitants, of whom 1333 are in the town, 16 miles (S. by E.) from Canisbay, 20 (S. E. by E.) from Thurso, and 276 (N.) from Edinburgh. This … and synod of Caithness and Sutherland. The minister's stipend is 232. 1. 8., with a manse, and a glebe valued at …