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Survey of London
… should be gilt, for glasses without gilding are large black spots that kill the effect of every thing about them, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… of figures, quarries with fleurs-de-lis, and part of 'black-letter' inscription, 14th- and 15th-century. Lockers: …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… sand-gritty substance together with red clayey gravel and black turfy mould, and in some places chalk and flint. The …
A Dictionary of London
… had to excavate 20 ft. deep for a foundation through black earth or sediment. Similar walls, etc., were found on … December, 1890. Former names before its rebuilding: " Black Bull Alley or Yard " (O. and M. 1677-1799). " Bull Inn … " (Horwood, 1799-1890). ,"Bull Yard " (O.S. 1848-51). The Black Bull Inn stood there and gave its name to the yard …
Old and New London
… fifty, when he dodged his stamp on one side to put his black mark on a piece of plain paper. All these memoranda … by the president, who, reckoning fifty letters to every black mark, got a near approximation to the number that had … window of that department being thrown open, the first black fringe of a thunder-cloud of newspapers, impending over …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… acanthus and gadrooned enrichment and carved stem, with black marble necking. Cover: of oak, octagonal with richly … wife with daughters behind, shield-of-arms, all incised in black and gilt to imitate brass, lower part of monument and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… octagonal bowl of white veined marble, octagonal stem of black marble with square moulded base. Cover, of oak, … be painted scenes from the life of Christ, 1726, now very black and indistinguishable. Panelling: In vestrybolection … late 17th-century. Paving: In N. lobby and round font, of black and white marble squares late 17th-century. Plate: …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1808. 97 The usual village craftsmen, including black- smiths and farriers in Fordstreet and Gallows green … one. Among the small tradesmen were 4 carpenters, 3 black- smiths, and a tailor; shopkeepers included a …
A History of the County of Essex
… died shortly before 1350 may have been victims of the Black Death. 23 The population rose in the late 16th century … P.R.O., JUST 1/270/8; D.N.B. L. R. Poos, Rural Soc. after Black Death, 258-9; P.R.O., KB 9/268, rott. 18-19; E.R.O., …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… when it had already become partly silted up, contained black ash and pottery decorated in the Peterborough tradition …