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Survey of London
… its foundation the company had more than ten trading bases or 'factories' in Asia, and two shipyards on the Thames, at … the individual investors receiving 'divisions', or profits, of a General or Joint-Stock at the winding-up of … of the Causeway leading from the Stairs to Poplar High Street (part of the East Marsh), which could be had at a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are places of worship for Particular Baptists. Blackwell, or Blackhall, High BLACKWELL, or BLACKHALL, HIGH, a township, in the parish of St. … had impugned her title to the barony of Wigton. Blackwell, or Blackhall, Low BLACKWELL, or BLACKHALL, LOW, a township, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… more land near Old Woodstock (the area south of Akeman Street, between the Glyme and the wall of Blenheim Park) was … the advowson descended with the manor thereafter. The king or his tenant presented regularly, except in 1621 when John … of St. George in the Castle, Oxford, by Robert d'Oilly or his successors, and passed, with the rest of that church's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The ancient parish (1,518 a.), which extended from Akeman Street in the north-east to Burleigh wood in the south-west, … through the wood may thus date from the 14th century or later. On the east the 18th-century boundary followed … be 'hens', probably referring to wildfowl hunted in wood or scrub. 66 Although most of the ancient parish was outside …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of that river with the Dovey. It comprises the upper or northern part of the parish, where the ground is elevated, … numerous deep fissures, through which, after heavy rains or rapid thaws, the waters rush down in impetuous torrents, … which, uniting with the north-east branch of the Watling-street, is said by some to have proceeded by Bdvari, in its …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 75 The house, which stands at the bend in the main village street, 76 was rebuilt c. 1850; 77 it is a large Tudor-style … recast by Abraham Rudhall in 1732; another was added then or later and one of the five was recast by John Rudhall in … presumably by virtue of a grant from Flaxley Abbey or the Kingstons, and in 1559 John Oswald presented by …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the leaseholders and copyholders owed rents of hens or capons. 11 In 1656 Samuel Sheppard leased a tenement for 99 years or two lives with heriot payable. 12 Three open fields were … but later it was at a cottage on the east side of the main street. 36 There were two carpenters at Blaisdon c. 1818 37 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… formations. 3 The parish is drained by the Longhope (or Blaisdon) brook 4 which runs along the south-west boundary … of the Longhope brook; the road was called Blaisdon Street in 1679. 12 In 1699 the village was partly destroyed … of the 17th century survive, and there are a few 18th- or early 19th-century brick and stone houses. Several of the …
A Dictionary of London
… 300). Blakehors on the Hope See Black Horse Alley, Fleet Street. Blakelofte Tenement of Peter de Blakeney on the west … Appleton Court East out of Mark Lane, near Fenchurch Street. In Aldgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 82). Other … Duck Lane See Blue Anchor Inn. Blew Boar Court, Friday Street See Blue Boar Court. Blew Bores Head Court See Blue …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… units joined by a central green. In the N. was a straight street extending N.E., with the church on its E. side and a … Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground or can be traced on air photographs over much of the part of … the map of 1837 (NRO) records three fields as Banky Ground or Banky Close. All still have well-marked ridge-and-furrow …