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Westminster Abbey Charters, 1066 - c.1214
… to a quitclaim by Hugh son of Warner of land in Sunbury and Teddington (Mddx.), and of a compensatory grant of three virgates of land by Abbot L[aurence], in fee and inheritance, formerly belonging to Hamund, in Teddington. …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… i, 2nd year of the king. Witnesses: Many bishops, earls and thegns. ( Printed in Fac-similes of Anglo-Saxon MSS., … to Giso, bishop of Wells [ Willensis] of the bishopric and all its possessions, scilicet ipsum episcopatum cum … charter of William [II], son of King William, and "Monarch of Britain," granting the abbey of St. Peter, …
Old and New London
… Cheapside Introduction CHAPTER XXVI. CHEAPSIDEINTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL. Ancient Reminiscences of CheapsideStormy Days … of Henry V. complaints were made by the poor that the brewers, who rented the fountains and chief upper pipe of the … conduit, also drew from the smaller pipe below, and the brewers were warned that for every future offence they would …
Old and New London
… StreetPleasant MemoriesSt. Peter's in ChepeSt. Michael's and St. Mary StainingSt. Alban's, Wood StreetSome Quaint … edited by Sir N. H. Nicolas, it is called "Goster Lane." Brewers' Hall, No. 19, Addle Street, Wood Street, Cheapside, … In the hall window is some old painted glass. The Brewers were incorporated in 1438. The quarterage in this …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Chedzoy Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Chedzoy was a member of the royal manor of North Petherton in the 12th century, and Henry I granted it to Roger de Mandeville (d. 1130), …
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
… to the period covered by the London survey ( i.e. up to and including the year 1800). Wherever the lettering is now … a goat's head on a crown surmounts the inscription panel and a coat of arms is carved below. Near this place under a … in tears Which like Nile's Cataracts shall tumble down And with their briny Streams my Passions drown Here may thy …
The Environs of London
… century ago. Skinner derives Chelsea from shelves of sand and ey or ea, land situated near water; at the same time he … haven 2. Newcourt derives it from Ceald or Cele, cold, and byth 3. Norden, whose etymology is best supported by … ( ceosel or cesol,) which the sea casteth up of sand and pebble stones, thereof called Cheselsey, briefly Chelsey, …
Survey of London
… Chepstow Villas and Pembridge Square area CHAPTER X - Chepstow Villas and Pembridge Square Area WHEN large-scale building … Sussex, Robert Hall, esquire, of Old Bond Street, and G. S. Archer, esquire, of Wingham, Kent. 1 Ladbroke owned …
A Dictionary of London
… Bishopsgate in parish of St. Botolph, 35 H. VIII. 1543 (L. and P. H. VIII XVIII. Pt. I, p. 538). The site is now … east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). The site is now covered by the … 1831). Not named in the maps. Chester Quay Between Brewers Quay east and Galley Quay west. In Tower Ward (P.O. …