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A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably means 'woodland clearing of the fort guardian', and much of Broseley remained wooded in the Middle Ages. 12 … For 350 years from the late 16th century coal, ironstone, and clay were successively exploited in the riverside parish, and Broseley grew rapidly from an agricultural village with …
Survey of London
… Buckingham Street CHAPTER 8: BUCKINGHAM STREET Date and Description of the Buildings. The records show that all … when it is considered that for well over a century, and in some cases for nearly two centuries, the premises have … hospitable, generous, learned in many things, skilled in music, a very great cherisher of learned men. Mr. Pepys had …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Chalk escarpment which at this point is relatively low, and extensively cut into by N.-flowing streams. The S. half … the parish rises from 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level and is almost entirely Chalk; in the N. half the land undulates gently between 300 ft. and 500 ft. and is composed of Gault, Kimmeridge Clay and …
Survey of London
… Buildings of the Domestic Revival and later CHAPTER XXIII - Buildings of the Domestic Revival … The establishment of the National Training School for Music in 1876 made the question more pressing, and in 1880 … Training School was replaced by the Royal College of Music under the Prince of Wales's auspices, another …
Survey of London
… the Burlington House site. It was designed by Samuel Ware and built for Lord George Cavendish in the years 181819. Lord … property to be preparing alterations to Burlington House, and the first estimate of the cost of an arcade of shops … wine merchant, pastrycook, bookseller, stationer, music seller and engraver. 8 When the first seven-year term …
Survey of London
… mansion begun but not completed for Sir John Denham, poet and Surveyor General of Works, of which some parts still … the same time to the west of it for the Earl of Clarendon and Lord Berkeley. It was the smallest of the three and, as … aegis. It lists 'Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, etc.' as the arts which might be found 'in their …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burslem Local government, economic history and social life Local Government and Public Services Burslem, … into the present Vale Park Ground. 429 There was a music hall, The White Hart, in Liverpool Road in 1880 430 and … event which had much to do with the popularity of choral music in the Potteries later in the century. 434 The Burslem …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 16th century; it survived the dissolution of the abbey and remained the principal educational establishment in the … was founded under the will of Richard Allsopp (d. 1728), and there was probably further provision at least to educate … In 1946 it opened the first school specializing in drama alone to be established and maintained by a local …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Established church ST. MODWEN AND HER CULT Modwen, an Irish abbess returning from a … with Wightman that the exercise was suppressed. 7 Music The deacon assigned £4 a year for playing the organ … made in 1895 'that the services were dull for want of more music', the church developed a strong musical tradition which …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Although there was prehistoric activity in the Burton area and a Roman road ran through the later parish, it seems that … the new hall built in the market place in the 1770s, and a music society was established later in the century. 10 … 42. Below, social and cultural activities (entertainment: music; dance). Hist. MSS. Com. 20, 15th Rep. I, Dartmouth, …