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Broadwell, Langford and Kelmscott: Cotswolds to Thames
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… one of small nucleated villages set, until the 18th or 19th centuries, within large open fields and commons. Most … Park, opened in 1970. 4 The landscape is mostly flat or gently undulating, rising from around 68 m. by the Thames … 14th-century bridge. 14 West-east routes included Akeman Street, which formed Holwell township's southern boundary and …
Survey of London
… Broadwick and Peter Street Area Broadwick and Peter Street Area: Colman Hedge … It may also have been responsible for the name Powder or Gunpowder Street which was applied to the western portion … years make the new site 'fitt to receive the Carts Wagons or Waines of hay and straw and for the keeping of the said …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… only 300 hectares and lies on the E. side of Watling Street which forms the whole of the W. boundary; the S. … before 1620. Ridge-and-furrow can be traced on the ground or on air photographs throughout the greater part of the … of the parish projecting to the N. and known as Roughmoor or sometimes as Ringmere, which was probably an area of …
A Dictionary of London
… - Brook's Rents Brodelane (le) South out of Upper Thames Street in Vintry Ward, between Church Lane east and Vintners … (2), 1052). See Embroiderers' Hall. Brodeselde (la) A shed or warehouse, in the parish of St. Pancras in Cheapside, in … H.W. I. 275. Described by Sharpe in a note as the Great or Broad Seld, which was let out in compartments to various …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… Bromesberrow Court a small farmhouse known as Lodwicks (or Grants), acquired by Rice Yate from the lord of the manor … constructed according to classical principles in the 17th or 18th centuries. 11 Further south towards Bromesberrow … decided to build a poorhouse on church land by Woodend Street 23 and in 1781 it entered an agreement for placing the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… about 1155, on the site of a college of prebendaries, or Secular canons, of earlier foundation: the revenue, at the … of the river Ravensbourne, and consists principally of one street, extending for a considerable distance along the … out. The poor law union of Bromley comprises 16 parishes or places, and contains a population of 16,079. Bromley, …
Survey of London
… the east side of Brunswick-road, opposite the end of Venue-street. It is an interesting specimen of late Tudor work, … of the cellar walls, which belong to the earlier or Tudor work, fails to reveal in any place a blocked-up archway or entrance to such passage. Condition of repair. The house …
Survey of London
… by Act of Parliament in 1837, its self-styled 'founder' or 'projector' being Stephen Geary, architect and civil … of directors was held at the company's offices in Essex Street, Strand, on 20 July 1837. Only five of them attended, … 194963. Location of some monuments mentioned in the text or illustrated: 1. Chelsea Pensioners; 2. Mrs. Pankhurst; 3. …
Survey of London
… south-westwards from Knightsbridge as far as Pelham Street, beyond which it becomes Fulham Road. But until 1935 … highway was known indiscriminately as the road to Fulham or the road to Brompton. The name Brompton, now used loosely, … to Earl's Court. This lane, generally called Brompton Lane or Bell and Horns Lane, diverged from the main road at the …
Survey of London
… Kensington now stretches no further east than Montpelier Street, the frontage beyond up to Knightsbridge Green having … Gardens. The holding comprised portions of the fields or closes known as Wellfield, Greenfield and West or Wett Meads. 1 Like much of eastern Kensington, this …