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Old and New London
… taken its name from the noble Abbey Church of St. Peter's, the "Minster" in the "West," as doubtless it was called by … was created a Roman Catholic Archbishopric, Cardinal Wiseman being appointed to fill it. On his death in … an appendage to the see of York, was, on the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, granted as a royal residence to the king, …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… 1542. 2 The deanery and all the prebends were in the king's gift. In 1550 the diocese of Westminster was reunited with … fewer than nine of the canons were deprived by the queen's commissary on 30 March 1554 and replaced by others. Two … the chapter was abolished and the monastery restored by Cardinal Pole, archbishop of Canterbury, and on 10 November …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and WashhousesMechanics' … disposed to take. At the back sits an officer in a cocked hat, and above him are the royal arms, the lion and the …
Old and New London
… Westminster St. James's Park CHAPTER V. ST. JAMES'S PARK. "A spark That less admires the Palace than the Park." Pope. Storey's GateOrigin of "Birdcage Walk"The Wellington BarracksOrigin …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Weston, Old 93. WESTON, OLD (B.d.). (O.S. 6 in. XII S.E.) Old Weston is a parish and village 6 m. N. of … with two tiers each of four spire-lights all facing the cardinal points; the windows of the lower tier have each …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Weymouth 42 WEYMOUTH (6778) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 67 NE, bSY 68 SE, cSY 68 NE, dSY 78 SW) The … lies on the W. side of Weymouth Bay; it extends 6 miles N.S. and 5 miles E.W. covering some 11 square miles. The parish … large carved head-corbels, on the N. of a man wearing a hat and on the S. of a woman wearing a wimple; these probably …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Whaddon 220. WHADDON. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xiv. S.E. (b)xix. N.E.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. … small kneeling figure of woman with ruff and high-crowned hat, verses and inscription carved in stone slab, small …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Hatching Green (Hacche End Grene) in Harpenden, Marshall's Heath near Mackerye End, Bower Heath (Bourehethe) to the … part of the population is engaged in agriculture. Straw hat-making is still carried on by women in the cottages, … of world-wide renown. With the exception of Boussingault's station in Alsace, this is the earliest experimental …
Old and New London
… Whitechapel CHAPTER XVII. WHITECHAPEL. Strype's AccountMention of Whitechapel by Beaumont and Fletcher and … WhitechapelThe London HospitalThe Danish ChurchThe Goodman's Fields Theatre. "Whitechapel," says Strype, "is a spacious … and challenging the privileges there, abjured the king's land. Then the constables in charge of him brought him into …
Old and New London
… TrialBacon and YelvertonHis ExecutionSir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of Nigel"Shadwell's Squire of AlsatiaA Riot in … with him is "the ready," "the rhino," "the darby;" a good hat is "a rum nab;" to be well off is to be "rhinocerical." … a public-house in Bride Lane. It remained neglected till Cardinal Wolsey ( circa 1512) came in pomp to live here. …