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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Great Wymondley 55. GREAT WYMONDLEY. (O.S. 6 in. xii. N.W.) Roman (1). See below, under Secular. (2). … ground. Ecclesiastical (3). Parish Church of St. Mary, at the E. end of the village, is built of flint with stone … small and square. Seating: W. end of nave, several 15th or early 16th-century benches, repaired. Miscellanea: on S. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Great Wyrley GREAT WYRLEY The civil parish of Great Wyrley, formerly a township and constablewick within the ancient … lies to the east, and Essington and Hilton (in St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, Seisdon hundred) to the southwest. The … employed in agriculture and 31 in trade, manufactures, or handicrafts. 6 By 1900 there were in Great Wyrley 'a few …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Great Yeldham 35. GREAT YELDHAM. (E.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xi. N.W. (b)xi. N.E. (c)xi. S.E.) Great Yeldham … an upper room were added to the remains of the S. tower or S. porch. The church was restored in the 19th century, … and joists; at the back is an original doorway, formerly external; it has a three-centred head and a plain …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Westhorp, which is contiguous with Greatworth village, was formerly in Marston St. Lawrence but is now in Greatworth … of Upper Lias Clay slope down to the stream on the S.W. boundary, at about 115m. above OD. The major monuments … and small quantities of worked flints of late Neolithic or early Bronze Age type in three places (SP 55904213, …
Survey of London
… south-east to join the northern end of Upper St. Martin's Lane. Its course is marked on the plan of 1585 (Plate 1a). … Lane as 'very ordinary' and 'a Place not over well built or inhabited'. 117 The large number of inns in the street … the north corner of Old Compton Street), the Bull's Head (formerly at No. 103 Charing Cross Road), the Plough (formerly …
Survey of London
… it took its name from the Greek Church (later St. Mary's, Crown Street) which was built in 1677 in Hog Lane (see … and conspicuously visible thence for a period of four or five years before the street was lined with houses. The … front three windows wide; but it is clear that there were formerly only three storeys and a roof-garret. The back wall, …
Survey of London
… 1895, when it was given its present name with reference to the residence of Dr. Manette in Soho, in A Tale of Two … it may have derived from the name of a tavern. By 1747 (or perhaps 1733) there was a Rose and Crown at the southern … tradesman was evidently John Boniface of St. Margaret's, Westminster, plasterer; another was John Chaplin, …
A Dictionary of London
… West out of Little Moorfields (Rev. of London, 1728-O.S. 1880). In Cripplegate Ward Without. In Horwood, 1779 : "Green Harbour Court." The site is now covered by Fore Street Avenue (q.v.) Green …
A Dictionary of London
… Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-51). Earliest mention : "Green Dragon near Bishop's … Halliwell being "an alehouse," and he says that many inns formerly had this sign and were distinguished by a lattice, … the palace of Westminster, which indicates that this name or sign was in use at that date elsewhere in London. Green …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… show it to have contained along with the herbs VINEGAR or VERJUICE, which indicates that it had a sharp flavour. It … It may have been similar to 'Herb snuff' such as 'Rowley's British Herb Snuff ' [Newspapers (1770)] and therefore to … IRON or ferrous sulphide in dilute sulphuric acid, formerly known as OIL OF VITRIOL or SPIRIT OF VITRIOL, or by …