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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… almost conceals it from the view; it contains twelve or thirteen pews, with several benches for the poor. In the … comprises, with Wick, 4927 acres, of which 800 are common or waste land. The surface, which is bare of wood with the … in the centre of the county, and consists of one irregular street, containing some excellent shops, and a new street …
Survey of London
… Brewer Street and Great Pulteney Street Area CHAPTER IX Brewer … lands, was often loosely referred to as Windmill Field or Fields in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. … closesa rectangular parcel, known as the Laystall Piece or Knaves' Acre, at the eastern end of the south side of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… century the parish measured c. 4,700 a. 5 Between 1791 or earlier and 1933 the tithings were regarded as separate … known variously along its course as Poors Lane, Brewham Street, Charcroft Hill, and Blackers Lane, links North … in 1086 must be regarded as a serious underestimate or refer to woodland outside the forest. 27 A separate wood …
A History of the County of Stafford
… on the newly reconstituted deanery of Lichfield. 3 In or before 1275 a vicarage was ordained and endowed with the … may have been the Priest's Service which was found in 1552 or 1553 to be endowed with messuages, cottages, and lands in … for four years past. 21 An 18th-century house in Dean Street is still called the Chantry. 22 The large parish …
A History of the County of Stafford
… boundary is formed by nearly four miles of Watling Street while the Stafford-Wolverhampton road runs through the … the ancient parish was divided into the eight liberties or constablewicks of Brewood town, Chillington, Coven, … Engleton, about 1 mile to the northeast of Brewood, had 5 or 6 houses c. 1680 17 but was only 'a small estate' in 1834. …
A Dictionary of London
… in the Temple, 11 Eliz. Stow calls it "Herber lane" or "brikels lane," so called of John Brikels, sometime owner thereof (S. 241). John Brickell or Brykles, left houses in Harbour Lane to the parish of All … in the maps. Brickhill Lane South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 77 to Greenwich Street (P.O. Directory). In …
Survey of London
… Brick Lane CHAPTER X - Brick Lane This street existed under its modern name as early as 1550 when a … These were places either where clay was dug to make tiles or perhaps where brick-earth was dug. In Agas's map of c. … in the neighbourhood of Fashion Street, 2 and in 1663 or soon after eight brick houses were built by William …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… At Brickendonbury, fragments. a (3). The Walnuts, Castle Street, built probably c. 1650, but much altered at later … of brick and timber; the roof is tiled. The plastered street front may be of late 17th or early 18th-century date; a few original metal window …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which the land is fertile; a wet soil, incumbent on clay or limestone, prevails on its northern side. The living is a … The poor law union of Bridge comprises 22 parishes or places, and contains a population of 10,981; the workhouse … houses, lead from St. Mary's church into the High-street, and there are others of a similar character. Over the …
A Dictionary of London
… II. 1660-70, p. 190). Occupied the portion of New Bridge Street extending from Tudor Street to Chatham Place. See Fleet Ditch. Bridewell Hospital … See Bridewell. Bridewell Place West out of New Bridge Street at No. 12 (P.O. Directory) and south to Tudor Street. …