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A History of the County of Essex
… West Ham Worthies, entertainments, sports and pastimes WORTHIES. 1 Richard de Montfitchet (d. 1267), lord of the principal manor in East Ham and West Ham, was one of the barons appointed to enforce … of West Ham, despite opposition from magistrates and police. 104 Jem Mace (18311910), heavweight champion of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Parish government and public services PARISH GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Like many other royal manors of the … been pulled down. 47 At that date there were neither police officers nor public watchmen in the town. 48 In 1837 a …
Old and New London
… forget, though there we are forgot." Byron. Abbot Ingulph and Queen EdgithaA Monastic School in the "Dark Ages"The … Curll's Piracy of a School OrationThe Prince Regent and the Marquis of AngleseyThe College GardensThe … displaying his prowess on any such occasion. There were no police then, and the population of the town could not have …
Old and New London
… 1700. "The pillar'd dome magnific heaves Its ample roof, and luxury within Pours out its glittering stores." Thomson. The Palaces of England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn Dryden's Fondness … object, but twice he has been detected and conveyed to the police-office, and put into confinement for a time. The other …
Old and New London
… Westminster King St, Great George St and the Broad Sanctuary CHAPTER III. WESTMINSTER.KING STREET, GREAT GEORGE STREET, AND THE BROAD SANCTUARY. "Urbs antiqua fuit." Virg., "n.," i. … the one of which, to the south, having formerly been a police-barrack, has been devoted, since 1854, to the purposes …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Cary, since displaced by the King's Sedgemoor Drain, and Parrett. 6 The parish includes the village, the hamlets of Bussex and Liney to the north and north-east, and settlements at … district in 1974. 14 By 1861 there was a resident police sergeant, and thereafter a constable until 1931 or …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… coterminous with the municipal borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, lies on the W. side of Weymouth Bay; it … to Talbot Bury. The plan is rectangular and incorporates police offices and cells on the ground floor, with a Council … has a central entrance hall with a staircase on the S. and police offices and cells to E. and W. On the first floor, the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… road, which has markedly influenced its development, and stretches long and narrow to within a few yards of the … in 1938 with one in School Lane near the main road. 66 A police station with a petty sessions court was built at the … School Lane in 1867; 67 a new court 100 yds. north with a police station adjoining it was opened in 1967, 68 and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Apperly. Whitefield, in Lancashire.See Pilkington, and Stand. WHITEFIELD, in Lancashire.See Pilkington, and Stand. Whitefield, East and West WHITEFIELD, EAST and … into the town; and watched under the superintendence of police. The ground, on three approaches to it, rises abruptly …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… diary 1855 1859 1855 Book 1 st. Commencing Jan 1 st 1855 and ending Nov 30, 1855 [NOTE: First two pages missing] 27. … business is consequently suspended after 9 o'clock. The police seem apprehensive of an assassination of him, so a … several other noblemen and ladies to get out and walk, the police not interfering. This is a free country indeed when …