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A History of the County of Somerset
… village lies in a narrow east-west valley where Bullens Street and Sparkes Well were named in the 17th century. 9 The … Glastonbury 17 and it continued to be so held until 1341 or later. 18 In 1066 Alnoth held it of the abbot and in 1086 … son Hamon, known either as Hamon son of John FitzRichard or Hamon of Blackford. 33 Hamon or another of the same name …
Old and New London
… interesting relic is on the left hand of Queen Victoria Street, going up from the bridge, just where there was … nineteen pounds. The holy brothers were dispersed to beg or thieve, and the church was pulled down, but the … patronage of such patrons as the Earl of Southampton or Lord Brooke, how could the young actor have thriven? He …
A Dictionary of London
… Blackfriars Almshouses - Bladder Street Blackfriars Almshouses In Church Entry on the east … (Survey Sloane, MS. 3254, A. 4). Called "Bleeks Rents" or "Eagle and Child Alley." Site now occupied by St. … is probably in error in identifying it with the "haugh" or "hawe" of the Basings. Blackwell Hall Court, Passage North …
Survey of London
… Butts. It was to be eighty feet wide and a "Circle, Area, or Place," was to be made where it crossed the turnpike road … was to be set up there. The road was known as Great Surrey Street until 1829 when its name was changed to Blackfriars … plots of ground on building leases to individual builders or speculators. Only a few 18th century houses now remain. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… of about ten acres is bounded by Wharf Road, St. Leonard's Street, Cherryholt Road, the R. Welland, and partly by Gas … flood plain on the N. side of the site but no structure or earthwork associated with them survive. Masonry and … the houses to be at least of two storeys, and noisome or dangerous trades were forbidden (Belton Estate Office, box …
Old and New London
… St. George's Road, but was long known as Great Surrey Street. The road is perfectly straight, and is about … site of old Paris Garden; then came Rowland Hill's Chapel, or, as it is now generally called, "Surrey Chapel," of both … called pantomimes and ballets, together with operatic or musical pieces, accompanied with dialogue.' The petition, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… Blackfriars Street Blackfriars Street (Fig. 143) (124) Terrace, Nos. 14, two storeys, red … 28 Dec.). It has an L-shaped plan (class 11) and a street front composed of sash windows and two round-headed …
Old and New London
… as can be exceeded only by climbing Shooter's Hill, or some of the neighbouring heights on the left of the heath. … of men who had dared to ask for some extension of liberty, or who doubted the infallibility of kings, were left year … eastward towards Shooter's Hill, ran the ancient Watling Street or Roman Road; and along this road were numerous …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 2 km. south-east of Calne church. 2 In the 10th century or earlier the land which became the parish was almost … 36 stood near the church, near the site of Blackland Farm, or, as is perhaps most likely, in Calstone village. By the … and the lane linking them was given the name Blackland street. 37 If, as is likely, farm buildings stood near a …
Survey of London
… are identified there. Dodd entered the yard from Brunswick Street through the arched entrance which passed under part of … where the drawings were turned into full-size templates or 'moulds' of American deal for the shipwrights to work … first-floor room 'about a hundred feet long and forty or fifty wide . . . and lighted by about twenty windows, ten …