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Survey of London
… of flats with a precast-concrete frame to be built in this country (Rawalpindi House in Mellish Street). The Orlits were … apparent logic. The County of London Plan and the Town and Country Planning Acts of 1944 and 1947 260 seemed to presage …
Survey of London
… a style echoed by contemporary council houses all over the country. The blocks of flats built by the Borough and County … in the early to mid-1930s, many houses throughout the country, and especially council houses, were still being …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… having garrets above. 22 It was sometimes called the country or county hall. 23 When alterations were carried out …
A History of the County of Oxford
… system was described as 'probably the most backward in the country', and there was considerable nuisance and pollution. … name to the City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd., started country services in 1916 with a route to Abingdon, and by … in 1951 a day-hospital for old people, the first in the country, was opened there. In 1958 a special building, Hurdis …
A History of the County of York
… made before the Second World War, the brigade served the country districts around the city. 35 By 1948 the rural area … for convalescent patients was opened at Deighton Grove—a country house in Naburn (E.R.). 79 In 1955 this annexe became … 1772. There were at the time only four asylums in the country—2 in London and 1 each in Manchester and Newcastle …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… has provided the only municipal telephone service in the country. 345 The corporation offices were transferred to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on rising ground, commanding a fine view of the adjacent country, which is thickly studded with handsome seats, … and richly-diversified views over the surrounding country, and comprises 5481 a. 1 r. 16 p., of which a tenth …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… and some of them were bottled and sold throughout the country, particularly those from fashionable spas. Most had … widely distributed in warmer climates, but grown in this country, of which there are two varieties: the common and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… high ridge embracing an extensive view of the surrounding country, separates the parish from Wanborough. On this ridge …
Old and New London
… been for generations used as a school, was originally a country residence of the Duke of Hamilton. Here also General … lordship's uncle, the Hon. James H. Stanhope, as, 'Oh, my country! how I love my country!' But upon reexamination of the manuscript, a …