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Survey of London
… a young solicitor, Philip Rose. Apparently a clerk in Rose's firm had fallen ill with tuberculosis but could not obtain … to draw up a prospectus, and at a meeting held in Rose's house in Hans Place in March of that year a resolution was … been established in Spitalfields in 1814, but by the 1840's even this solitary institution had ceased for a while to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 'Antelope', the 'Black Bull', the 'Black Swan', the 'Boar's Head', the 'Brazen George', the 'Cardinal's Cap', the 'Dolphin', the 'Griffyn', the 'Lilypot', the … up by University and college buildings. 99 St. Catharine's, for instance, has absorbed the sites of the 'Three …
A History of the County of Durham
… Library still attest, the place where St. Cuthbert's shrine had been was levelled and covered in with a marble … 9 So the reign of Henry passed to its close. In Edward's first year, the pressure of drastic change was felt in the … but he did not make over to Northumberland his heart's desire. 11 The reign of Mary soon restored what had been …
A History of the County of Durham
… the Norman chapel is possibly of an earlier date. Waltheof's work was continued after his death in 1075 2 by Bishop … to make out much about the keep itself from Laurence's description. He seems to describe a circular shell of … the north gate. 9 To him are also ascribed the 'Constable's Hall' or 'Norman Gallery,' forming the northern range of …
A History of the County of Leicester
… one of the most trusted and powerful of William's followers, was rewarded for his part in the fighting by … tenants in chief were negligible by comparison. Hugh's unmistakable ascendancy is indicated by his possession of … the town of Leicester suffered severely. In spite of Hugh's misdemeanour, his son Ivo succeeded him in 1093 as keeper …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… which was near the sea; here they rested till King Canute's time, and then were taken up by Etheric, a monk of Ramsey, … Theodred Bishop of Elmham was an eyewitness of St. Edmund's body being uncorrupted, for having fasted three days, he … and beautified it with a pavement of divers colours, chequer-wise, and covered it with a handsome roof of stone …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Cella (11951214), and again rebuilt about 1454. St. Andrew's chapel served the same district as the present parish of St. Alban, formerly called St. Andrew's parish. The staff consisted of a vicar, usually called the … deed as in the 'Mault Cheapdinge' is now known as No. 15 Chequer Street, and is let on lease for fourteen years from …
A History of the County of Hertford
… in Fishpool Street towards the Claypits, and St. John's Cross at an angle of the boundary in what is now known as … covered the ground probably from the eastern side of Chequer Street (formerly the Malt Market), to the western … built over, and the houses and courts and alleys between Chequer Street and the street now called Market Place were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… area and undoubtedly led the religious revival of the 1780's, 8 other nonconformist bodies gradually established … and Fenton chapels were not established until the 1830's, while Longton had no Primitive Methodist chapel until … was built at Goldenhill in 1833, and in the early 1840's two more in Burslem were added, at Sneyd Green and …
The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds etc.
… 1599, March 28.The waits or musicians to have 100 s. yearly towards the increase of their wages, and also to … [1600 ?]The lease that Leonard Carre has of St. Laurence's Church and the shops there made up from seven years to … King for the viewing of the Foss. f. 176 b. , Oct. 20.The chequer in the Town-hall to be enlarged and made more …