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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 7912 acres, whereof 864 are common. The town or village, to which the privilege of a market was granted by … comprises 6587 a. 3 r., of which 256 acres are common or waste, and is situated on the road from Ludlow to … in the decorated English style. The Roman Watling-street passes along the verge of the parish. There is a …
Old and New London
… the reign of James I., lived, still exists in Bishopsgate Street, with some traces of its ancient splendour. This Sir … argent, between three lyon's heads, erased ermine crowned or," were found hidden by a piece of tin in the centre of the … alone remaining, as the rooms have been divided into two or more portions, to suit the needs of later generations. …
A Dictionary of London
… Bishopsgate Without, a few yards from No. 34, near New Street (Lockie, 1810). Bishopsgate Station See Liverpool … towns and cities, and have been compared to the "pomerium" or "territorium" of the cities of the Roman Empire. They were … on their former sites, but have either been demolished or rebuilt elsewhere to allow for the formation and erection …
Survey of London
… the Act of 1836 the terminus was authorized to be sited at or near High Street, Shoreditch. The building of the line was begun in … the Northern and Eastern Company near to the London Depot or Terminus of the said Eastern Counties Railway. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… of the parishes of St. Martin Outwich, All Hallows Lombard Street and St. Peter Cornhill. The churches of St. Helen and … The clearstorey has no ancient features. The W. Annexe or vestibule (9 ft. by 17 ft.) forms, structurally, part of … the W. door of the Parish Nave was inserted. In 1374, or shortly before, the two chapels of the Holy Ghost and St. …
A Survey of London
… then winding by the West corner of Leaden hall down Grasse street to the corner ouer against Grasse Church, and this is … heyres, with condition, they yearly to giue to the warden or gouernour of the gray Friers Church within Newgate fortie … builded by a man of no greater calling, possessions or wealth, (for he was indebted to many) was mockingly called …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… on its own near the parish boundary. East of the village street the church and former rectory are at the end of a … Soon after this time it must have passed to John Leverich (or Loverige); he left a daughter and heir Agnes who married … of the farm was sold to William Munday. In 1841 he or a descendant of the same name held a farm of 48 a. 73 The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… were still designated as yardlands, half-yardlands, or fardels but their original proportions had become blurred … there were then comparatively few closes of meadow or pasture and those that there were lay mainly in the … church and his son Samuel who did much work for G. E. Street, were masons from Bussage. 26 George Drew, builder and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Bisley. Most of the parish is formed by a plateau of flat or gently rolling country lying at 600-875 ft. above the … the largest were Painter's Frith (later Ireland's Frith or Frith wood) lying near Tunley on the west side of the Holy … to Cirencester and from Chalford to Birdlip. The main street, called High Street, developed along the latter road …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Gloucester. The rights of Miles's family evidently lapsed or were challenged, for c. 1170 Ranulph's son Hugh of … to the Mortimers of Wigmore. 32 Hugh Mortimer (d. 1180 or 1181) married Maud, widow of Philip de Belmeis, and Hugh's … Farm, which stands on the east side of the main village street, is an early-18th-century house of two storeys. The …