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A Dictionary of London
… The King's - Audoen (St.) Artirce, The King's In Lime Street. Stow describes it as a mansion house of the Kings, 14 … to be possible to arrive at any satisfactory explanation or derivation of this word unless it is a contracted form of … Not further identified. Probably named after the owner or builder. Ashurst's Court North out of Distaff Lane, west …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Arun, since the town gate at the west end of Maltravers Street was known as the Watergate. In the mid 17th century, … name was apparently the river of Arundel, Arundel river, or the high stream of Arundel. 20 The modern name is recorded from 1577, 21 but the names Arundel river or great river continued to be used later. 22 In the 20th …
Survey of London
… the first and second floors. There is an additional block or annexe to the north-east (slightly recessed from the face … stringsprobably of the late 17th century. There are one or two fragments of panelling of Jacobean date re-used in … by Sir Robert from the house of one Thoroughgood in Old Street, London, as follows: "Robert, I would have you send up …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Normandy, about 4000 acres, of which 2041 are common or waste; and including Frimley, about 10,015 acres. A … of the Virgin Mary; it was of the order of St. Clare, or the Minoresses, and at the Dissolution had a revenue of … half from the river Dart, and consists principally of one street of considerable length: the houses are built of stone, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… The plant ASARUM europaeum, sometimes called 'hazelwort' or 'wild nard' [Wren (1941)], belongs to the same family as … it was relatively fast growing, so that 'Ash, at thirty or forty Years, is worth as much as an oak at seventy' … (1665)] and even 'straw, turf, lime, dung, dirt of the street, and other waste' [Patents (1783)]. Ashes only became …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the county; and consists principally of one very spacious street, with two smaller streets extending in a parallel … of which Ashby is the head comprises seventeen parishes or places in the county of Leicester, and eleven in the … 1673, founded and endowed an almshouse for seven poor men or women, the endowment of which produces 135 per annum. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… (OS 1: 10000 SP 56 NE) The parish lies W. of Watling Street (A5) which forms a short part of its E. boundary; it … quantity of pottery, mainly thin grey ware probably of 2nd or 3rd-century date but also including some earlier material … 113). However part of the abandoned area was occupied or at least in use in the early 19th century (1st ed. OS 1 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for 155, and 9. 10. are paid to the rector of Walton-cum-Street; the glebe consists of 45 acres. There is a place of … chancel, with a low square tower. Ashelworth (St. Andrew, or St. Bartholomew) ASHELWORTH ( St. Andrew, or St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union of Gloucester, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and Pedwell fields. 1 It is a settlement of later 18th- or early 19th-century houses, although one medieval house … Boy, named in 1656, but said to have been open since 1616 or earlier, 12 and the Castle, there in 1675. 13 In 1686 the … in 1851 but closed c. 1909, and the New Inn, in High Street, open in 1871, had gone out of business by 1926. 21 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… p. 4), at the extreme N.E. of the parish. They form (or formed) two parallel rows, running nearly N. and S. The … river Granta; possibly it may be connected with the Hills or the dwelling house just mentioned (see Sectional Preface … has diagonal pilasters. b (23). Farmhouse, at Ashdon Street, m. W.N.W. of the church, was originally of L-shaped …