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Survey of London
… he paid only 1,575, or 450 per acre. 182 This extremely low price can, perhaps, be explained by supposing that … a small compact estate on the top of the hill at a very low price, while the unworldly Dr. Walker had burdened … creditors to press their claims at a time when demand was low. Fifteen of the houses were still unoccupied, and four …
Survey of London
… now called the Elgin, in Ladbroke Grove. A number of 'low Irish' had settled in the vicinity, and already there had …
Survey of London
… also intended to provide a contrast to the comparatively low shop buildings. 252 It stands c75ft high and the … school buildings, which have flat roofs, the halls have a low-pitched roof of steel trusses covered in copper. This … L-plan block in yellow London stock brick, with a low-pitched slate roof (Plate 133b, 133c; fig. 82). Its …
Survey of London
… an updated version of urban Georgian. Roofs are generally low pitched and, in the case of the housing, metalframed … initiated a programme of improvements. The houses and low-rise flats at Lansbury, set amongst gardens, shrubs, and …
Survey of London
… principles and scale of the Festival phase of the estate; low-rise, built of stock brick, and, in the first and third …
A History of the County of York
… Continent. In the later 14th century, 26 natives of the Low Countries, mainly textile workers, 13 Germans, mainly …
A History of the County of York
… York ships carried corn to Hull for transmission to the Low Countries in 1297 and more regularly thereafter to … their part, imported cloth, wax, canvas, and oats from the Low Countries, and exported grain to Gascony and grain and wool to the Low Countries. 18 It is important not to exaggerate their …
A History of the County of York
… Lylling, was found guilty of having false osmunds made of low-grade English iron, of mixing tin, lead, and pewter and …
A History of the County of York
… difficulties deepened, may make the second estimate too low. On the other hand, it accords well with the figure of c. … finishing processes was somewhat more retarded, but that low-grade worsted manufacturers and a few new crafts (though …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… small, consisting of only one isle and a chancel, having a low pointed turret of wood at the west end, in which hangs …