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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is of interest. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Andrew (Plate p. 112) stands in the E. part of the … nave is built of split oak logs set on a modern dwarf wall and the W. tower is timber-framed and weather-boarded; the … built c. 1013 to commemorate the passing through Ongar of St. Edmund's body. A chancel of rubble was added at some …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in east London Greenwich 5. … civil parishes of Greenwich, Charlton and Kidbrooke and St. Nicholas, Deptford. The principal monuments are the three … "Audite arida ossa verbum domini, hic dicit dominus deus, his ossibus intermittam spiritum meum inter vos et viventis," …
Old and New London
… Struck with the seat that gave Eliza birth, We kneel, and kiss the consecrated earth, In pleasing dreams the … Walter RaleighGreenwich Palace settled by James I. on his Queen, Anne of DenmarkCharles I. a Resident hereThe … that closed his personal history. A native of England, St. Alphege was first abbot of Bath, then Bishop of …
The Environs of London
… Etymology. Situation. Boundaries Quantity of land, and how occupied. Soil. Land-tax. Grenewic, or Grenevic, as … five miles from London. The parish is bounded by Deptford, St. Paul's; Lewisham; Charlton; and the extraparochial hamlet … VIII., Edward VI., Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, 1561; Anthony Lysle, Esq. Gentleman-usher, 1579; John Whytte, Gent. …
Old and New London
… &c. "Go, with old Thames, view Chelsea's glorious pile, And ask the shattered hero whence his smile? Go view the splendid domes of Greenwichgo, And own … painting, also by West, representing the "Preservation of St. Paul from Shipwreck on the Island of Melita." King …
Old and New London
… Assizes for Kent formerly held hereThe Present Condition and Population of GreenwichThe Church of St. AlphegePortraits of Queen Elizabeth, Charles I., Queen … the first member of the Jewish community who ever took his seat in the House of Commons; Admiral Sir Houston …
Old and New London
… Greenwich The park and the royal observatory CHAPTER XVI. GREENWICH … when (we are told) Henry VIII., in the seventh year of his reign, on a fine May-day morning, with Queen Katharine … was chiefly laid out by Le Notre, about the same time as St. James's Park, by order of Charles II., who, it is …
A Dictionary of London
… Court West out of Nightingale Lane, between Sun Yard and Angel Alley. (In St. Katherine's Precinct.) (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810). … of St. Augustine which he sent to this country during his papacy. Gregory (St.) the Martyr Church of St. Gregory …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Greet - Gretton Greet GREET, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Winchcomb, Lower division of the hundred of … since been commuted for a rent-charge of 44. Greetham (St. Mary) GREETHAM ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of … possessed a common seal, representing St. Nicholas in his pontificals; the last incumbent, who was living in 1503, …
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century
… CHRONICLE. Here folowythe the namys of the Baylyes and Sheryfys 1 of London in the cytte of Kynge Richarde the … daye of Septembre the yere of owre Lorde M l c iiij xx and ix. Ande that yere be ganne the ordyr of Sent Tonyes of … of Ostriche & ladde to the Emperoure and raunsomyde. Ande his raunsum drewe to so moche that every chyrche yn Englonde …