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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 20th century The town in the 20th century. Between c. 1900 and c. 1920 the centre of Calne seems to have changed little. … not clear. In the early 19th century four or more benefit societies met at public houses in the town. 39 They were … a match in 1776. 59 In the later 19th century there were clubs in the town for cricket, cycling, and tennis; 60 in the …
Old and New London
… GardensSt. Giles's ChurchThe Burialplace of Mrs. Wesley, and of "Equality" BrownCamden ChapelSt. George's ChurchThe … HallCamberwell GreenCamberwell FairAbolition of the Fair, and the Green converted into a ParkThe "Father Redcap"The Old House on the GreenThe Green Coat and National SchoolsThe Camberwell Free Grammar SchoolThe …
The Environs of London
… spring; a part of the parish is called Milkwell, and a mineral water was discovered some years ago near Dulwich. Situation and boundaries. Camberwell lies in the hundred of Brixton, and is situated about three miles from Blackfriars-bridge. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Cambridgeshire Cambridge CAMBRIDGE, a university, borough, and markettown, having separate jurisdiction, and forming a union and hundred of itself, in the county of … scale has been formed; and there are several book societies, the largest of which has been established many …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… Region The City of Cambridge has grown to its present size and dignity on a site that has many advantages for settlement, of a type well-recognised by geographers, and familiar to historians: at the point nearest to a sea … is, where there is hard well-drained ground on either side and where the alluvial flat through which the river meanders …
Survey of London
… John Jeffreys Pratt, who became Marquess Camden in 1812 and died in 1840. Pratt, Marquess Camden The process of the … Mother Red Cap) where Kentish Town Road bears to the right and where now Camden Road makes a fresh junction. From east to west, Pratt Street and King (later Plender) Street were already projected and …
Old and New London
… Camden Town and Kentish Town CHAPTER XXIV. CAMDEN TOWN AND KENTISH TOWN. "Vix rure urbem dignoscere possis." Camden … to sell on the most valuable terms. Dinners for public societies or private parties dressed on the shortest notice. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the last few years; the houses are in general well built and regular, and the crescent, terrace, and other ranges in the upper part of it, are of handsome …
A History of the County of Oxford
… taken his degree as a member of St. John's College in 1860 and had rowed for the Varsity in 1859, obtained leave from … at 40 St. Giles's. The house proved to be too small, and 15 months later the remainder of an 80 years' lease of 11 … but belonged now to St. John's College, which it adjoins and whose tenant the Master of Clarke's Hall now became on …
A History of the County of Somerset
… by the hundred, seems to be derived from the Quantocks, 2 and Cannington was linked with two other royal estates, Williton and Carhampton, in King Alfred's will. 3 From the 12th … 16th century described it as a pretty uplandish town, 5 and in the 1840s it was known as a genteel village admired …