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Survey of London
… according to a newspaper puff, by 'the heads of our old aristocratic houses, for themselves, and the youthful … Morris Barnett, a melodrama, The Sergeant's Wife, and an 'old farce', The Midnight Hour. 70 The opening was … solo, and a good performance was given by a fourteenyear-old actress named Ellen Terry, 90 the new rgime was not …
Survey of London
… son-in-law and grandson respectively of Thomas Pitt of Old Sarum. See fig. 51 on page 208. No. Building agreement …
Survey of London
… Soho Square. In the principal streets (Dean, Frith, Greek, Old Compton and Romilly Streets) these constituted about a … Chapel Street, Moor Street and Soho Street, and part of Old Compton Street. In the main residential streets, however, … streets, for example in Frith and Greek Streets north of Old Compton Street. A few houses near Soho Square and in …
Survey of London
… 131 It occupies the site of Portobello Farm, and while the old buildings were being demolished and part of the present …
Survey of London
… or maisonettes by the conversion of a number of large old houses, of which twelve were in Powis Square. 73 But in …
Old and New London
… (past and present) are the Compter Prison, Grocers' Hall, Old Jewry, and several shops with memorable associations. … one of the 'Associated Booksellers,' who selected valuable old books for reprinting, with great success. Messrs. Vernor … costly work, since there was the fragment of a leaf of an old accountbook found when the ruins of the house were …
Survey of London
… The precinct of St. Mary Spital The Old Artillery Ground CHAPTER III - The Precinct of St. Mary Spital: The Old Artillery Ground The Old Artillery Ground had formed the southern part of the …
Survey of London
… from Agas's map showing site of St. Mary Spital and the Old Artillery Ground, c. 156070 Vaughan's reply consisted … was probably the only part of the precinct (except for the Old Artillery Ground) not to have come to him already through … Dissolution of the two liberties of Norton Folgate and the Old Artillery Ground affords some presumption that these …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… certainly much more convenient and comfortable than the old temporary stalls that were set up every Friday evening in the old market; but had the shops been ranged in a double row … potatoes, &c.; and it is in contemplation to pull down the old butter and poultry market, by which about one half of the …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… are still, in a variety of ways, distinguished from the old town. We will therefore commence with a description of … Newcastle. Most of the shops, until lately, retained their old form, being quite open in front, and without glass … has assumed a light, airy, and elegant appearance. The old houses, however, still exhibit some curious …