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A History of the County of York East Riding
… course. The ings are still regularly flooded and provide a winter refuge for swans and other wildfowl; nearly 300 a., …
Old and New London
… in summer, nor less than one ale-quart for a halfpenny in winter, always hot from the kine, as the same was milked and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Piper, for the purchase of soup to be distributed during winter among the poor; and about the commencement of the year …
Old and New London
… same. " Item. Lanterne and light to be mainteined duringe winter time." All traces of its former condition have long …
Survey of London
… list, drawn up in 1689 126 of the amounts of fuel for the winter months allowed for the various rooms in Whitehall, … and the natural result followed. Towards the middle of the winter Father Hall "receaved a letter from a friend at … gracious order, should have been set over it in the winter) was much endomaged by the snow lying long frozen upon …
Survey of London
… towards the end of the reign, elevan being recorded in the winter of 16001. Of building at Whitehall during Elizabeth's … at Whitehall, Hampton Court or Windsor. "After the winter of 1603, when plague held him at Hampton Court, his … One was often given on All Saints' Day to usher in the winter, and others were called for at intervals during the …
Old and New London
… told that, when the King went to open Parliament in the winter in the early part of the eighteenth century, it was …
Old and New London
… months and ten days, which he had spent in London one winter as a member of Parliament, he had expended but …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… their last sortie and the French 600 by it. 14. Began the Winter Palace of the Emperor of Russia. Fine day. Next Monday … boy progresses, we have now 746 votes. 16. Went on with 'winter palace' and went to Mr MacKewan's and Mr Dare's. A … streets in London, in the evening. 17. Went on with 'Winter Palace', cut up some wood, cleaned some pictures, went …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… cut up a lot of wood, out errands etc. Freezing still, winter seems reluctant to leave us. In this morning's 'Times' … fast disappearing and I hope we may see no more of it this winter. The North Western and Great Northern Railways are mad …