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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … being sent to London was fixed upon the bridge. During the war between the houses of York and Lancaster, the city was … the contending parties, and though not actually a seat of war, several battles took place in the neighbourhood. In the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … of the accession of monarchs and of the declaration of war or peace were also made in the bailey. When the castle … demolition of the great S. gate, blocked since the Civil War 61 and the rebuilding of the N. gate (1735). A coach …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … formed the river approach, was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, … debts. He supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War, and his possessions, including the York House property, …
Survey of London
… Bridge Act contained a clause for the continuation of Stamford Street across Waterloo Road to Westminster Bridge … great arched entrance to the station which formed a staff war memorial. The Times, in describing the opening of the new … were taken over for a nurses home. 99 After the 191418 war the shortage of accommodation at the hospital became …
Survey of London
… ZOAR STREET AND ZOAR STREET CHAPEL In 1687 the Baptists of Southwark built 201 a meeting house in Gravel Lane on ground held by lease from the Bishop of Winchester. At that time Gravel Lane extended northwards … (Plate 64a). The whole of it was demolished during the war by enemy action. R. Wilkinson, Londina Illustrata, 1819. …