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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of late, an occasional intermixture of the short-horned or Teewater. The rateable annual value of the parish is … dorsal eminence, on the eastern side, called St. Andrew's, or Ander hill, upwards of 400 feet in height. At the southern … however, are of very inconsiderable dimensions, only two or three having the extent of half a mile in length or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… erecting Winterborne Abbey was obtained. The river Brede, or Bride, has its source in a small lake here called Bride … Newland. The chapel is dedicated to St. James. Breightmet, or Brightmead BREIGHTMET, or Brightmead, a township, in the … afforded by the Wilts and Berks canal. The Roman Watling-street passed through the parish, and in the vicinity is the …
A Survey of London
… Exchange on the East side, by the west end of Mayden lane, or Distar lane, to Knightriders streete, or as they call that part thereof, Old Fishstreet. And all … and runneth downe south, through or thwart Watheling street, to Knightriders street aforesaide, where it endeth. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… unaccounted for. The Chancel was built late in the 13th or early in the 14th century, probably outside the earlier … Chancel (29 ft. average by 20 ft.) is of late 13th or early 14th-century date and has an E. window of three … and segmental-pointed head cut in the lintel. a(10). Fine Street Farm, house, barn and cowshed, 360 yards W. of (7). …
The Environs of London
… considered as the county-town; but there is no town-hall or other public building. The remembrance of the famous … Brainforde, where unexpectedly we were encountered by two or three regiments of their's, who had made some small … answered their shot soe bitterly, that within an hour or lesse they forsooke their worke in that place, and fled up …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… a chapel of Hanwell, stands on the S. side of High Street. The walls of the tower are of Kentish rag-stone with … those on the ground floor surmounted by straight or curved pediments and those on the first floor each with … monuments, unless otherwise described, are of late 17th or early 18th-century date and of two storeys with attics; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… monuments, unless otherwise described, are of late 17th or early 18th-century date and of two storeys. The walls are of brick and the roofs are tile or slate-covered. Some of the buildings have exposed … a(2) House, with shop, No. 61 on the S. side of High Street, 120 yards W.N.W. of (1), has a band between the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of St. Thomas the Martyr stands on the S. side of the High Street 300 yards W. of the junction with Herongate Road. The … and with dressings of a sandy limestone. It was founded in or about 1221 by the Abbot of St. Osyth for the use of the … ornamented with incised lozenges, probably 16th or 17th-century. Stoup: E. of N. doorwaywith trefoiled and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on a commanding eminence, and consists principally of one street; the houses are in general ancient, and irregularly … large coppice woods in the valleys; 1719 acres are common or waste. It is situated on the road between Launceston and … This place was the manorial residence of the Banastres or Banisters, previously to the reign of Edward III.; and a …
A Dictionary of London
… and making a bretask" (Cal. L. Bk. F. p. 16). This bretask or fortified house was used by the City as a military … identified with Dyers' Hall Wharf at No. 95 Upper Thames Street, running south to the Thames, in which street the … Ward (Rocque, 1746, to Boyle, 1799). Seems to be on or near the site of "Bevois Court" (q.v.). Brewers' Hall On …