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A Dictionary of London
… mention : Rocque, 1746. Former name : "White's Alley" (O. and M. 1677-L. Guide, 1758). Named after Sir John Dyer, whose … accorded to them of having on the Thames a game of Swans and a special Swan mark. The number of swans allowed them was 65, and the mark of the Company is 4 bars and 1 nick, the nick …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… or cross-ridge dykes. The former are generally longer and more irregular than the latter which run approximately at … any comparison with the linear ditches of N.E. Dorset and beyond, and even so, seems to form no part of a large enclosure as …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… the river Leadon midway between the market towns of Newent and Ledbury (Herefs.) and 18 km northwest of Gloucester. Its village, standing in … The village remained primarily an agricultural settlement and in the medieval period the parish was largely populated …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… p. 393] Eade & Saunders, 10 Gt Castle St, London, carvers and gilders (1784). [D] Eades, James, 2 Eades Buildings, Bath, Som., cm (1826). [D] Eadon, George, Sheffield, Yorks., … 18, 182728. [D] Evans, David, 13 Guildford Pl., Bagnigge Wells, London, bedstead maker (1839). [D] Evans, Edward, 11 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This was anciently a place of considerable importance, and belonged to Newminster Abbey. The late Mr. Spearman, the … of Spearman. The surface of the land is generally level, and the soil a good free gravel: there is a freestone-quarry. … the village, several hand millstones, a sacrificial knife, and a flint axe, were discovered. Eagle (All Saints) EAGLE ( …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Cardiff, 1633, chaplain in the army of the Earl of Essex, and to a regiment of parliamenteers at Oxford, 1646, preached … Somerset, 1616, rector and preb. of St. Decumans in Wells, 1617. See Foster's Index Eccl. Earle, Samuel s. … Sir Robert), M.P. co. Durham 1713, until he died at the Bath 2 May, 1728. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary. …
A Dictionary of London
… Eagle and Child Alley - Ebenezer Square Eagle and Child Alley East out of Shoe Lane at No. 39 to Fleet … were found at the north-east corner of Eastcheap two Roman wells and remains of some Roman building, coarse tesserae, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… in the parish, erected within the last twenty years, and the inhabitants of which are to a considerable extent … ancient church. It formed part of the district of Mearns, and, together with other lands, was granted by David I., King … accommodation of persons visiting the celebrated mineral wells of Pitkeithly, at a short distance from this spot, and …
A Survey of London
… hall. Sprinckle allie.; Belzetters lane.; Wall, Gate, and windows of stone, found vnder ground. The second ward … street, runneth on the south side to Limestreet corner and halfe that streete downe on the left hand, is also of … warde. In the mid way on that South side, betwixt Aldgate and Limestreet, is Hart horne Alley, a way that goeth through …
The Environs of London
… ancient records, viz. Yeling, Yellyng, Zelling, Yealing, and Ealing. Though Newcourt does not mention the last, I think it has been most prevalent, and is now universally adopted. Situation, boundaries, … Greenford-Parva or Perivale, Harrow, Twyford, Acton, and Chiswick, and by the river Thames. It contains about 3100 …