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Survey of London
… as the first house in Petty Wales, and is rated at the high figure of 2s. 6d. and was apparently occupied by Roger …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 879, it is triangular in plan and stands 40 m. (131 ft.) high. It is of brick with Chilmark stone dressings and is …
A History of the County of Stafford
… had two separate overseers of the highways, one for the 'High Town' and one for the 'Deanery'. 38 The first mail coach … dean and chapter at a rent of 4 s. for the light of the high altar in the cathedral. 261 The subsequent descent of … in 1316 and 1317, paying the 4 s. due for the light at the high altar. 266 Thomas de la Hyde leased the manor in 1332 to …
A Dictionary of London
… in the Fire 1666, and rebuilt 1680, with a steeple 235 ft. high by Sir C. Wren (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 265, 279). …
Survey of London
… if the completion of the building was permitted a Spatious High way will be set out for passage of Carriages and … parish. 15 The Act of 1770 for paving Whitechapel High Street 16 makes no provision for these gates. Two years … give better communication from Brick Lane to Whitechapel High Street was also urged. 18 In 1778 an Act was accordingly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… well-built houses, lead from St. Mary's church into the High-street, and there are others of a similar character. … a population of 16,118. At the southern extremity of the High-street is part of an arch which formed the entrance to … when William Wode, the last prior, was executed for high treason, in 1537, upon the charge of being concerned in …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… the Zacchus of London, not for his low stature, but his high charity, bequeathing half his estate unto the poor. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… in front of each face, small vase with flowers carved in high relief; upper part rises in ogee section with moulded … about 21 ft. square and a fluted Doric column 120 ft. high. The top of the capital is utilised as a gallery, and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the town. Not far from the castle entrance stood the high cross. The market place probably extended as far south … called the great street by the mid 13th century and later High Street. 41 By the mid 14th century High Street, wide enough to accommodate the market overflow …
A History of the County of Somerset
… gate of the castle, which by then gave access from the high cross to the town's north gate. 85 Leland described the …