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Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… of the purity of Religion in Doctrine, Worship, and Government, assayed sundry Means to have his Majesty rightly informed of the Estate of our Kirk, but … coming to his Native Country of Scotland to be Crowned, and hold his first Parliament, they advised upon some …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… Griffin Chequer (363) Houses, row of three, Nos. 26 St. Edmund's Church Street, are three-storeyed and have brick walls and slate-covered roofs. They were built … building is of the late 18th century. (368) House, No. 24 St. Edmund's Church Street, of two storeys with attics, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W.) from Dorchester; containing 72 inhabitants. Grimstone (St. John) GRIMSTONE ( St. John), a parish, in the union of … by survey 1015 acres, of which about one-third is arable, and the remainder pasture. The surface is hilly, and the high … body of English horse under the Earl of Northumberland and his brother Sir Henry Percy, who obliged them to retire with …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… were, after the Conquest, of the fee of Roger de Busli, and were charged to the geld for three car. The land being … time this was valued at 10l. and when the Conquerour made his survey but at 4l. This Roger, the man of Roger de Busli, … Thomas de Furnivall by his deed dated at Canterbury on St. Simon and Judes day 50 H. 3, 8 released this manor to sir …
A Dictionary of London
… Custos or Gardian of the Grocers of Lord Robert Fitzwaters and that then the foundation of the hall was laid (S. 265-6), … 1799). "Coneyhope Lane" (q.v.). Grocers' Rents In St. Catherine's Lane in East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Boyle, … Not named in the maps. Gropecontelane In the parish of St. Pancras, near Bordhawe Lane. In Cheap Ward. Earliest …
Old and New London
… Grosvenor Square and its neighbourhood CHAPTER XXVII. GROSVENOR SQUARE, AND … will be able to laugh at the attempt to "write down" his ancestors' fine and important contribution to the … when the then head of the house of Stanley removed to St. James's Square. It was at No. 29 in this square, then, as …
Survey of London
… the southernmost house on the east side was numbered 51 and faced Grosvenor Street. No. 51 (formerly 45). Built in … Northumberland of 3rd cr., 177986. 1st Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards, 17871800: his son, 2nd Viscount, 180027. James … from bombing in the war of 193945. Occupants include: Anthony J. Drexel, banker, 190912. Chilean Legation, 191625 …
Survey of London
… Grosvenors' Mayfair estate was notable more for its size, and fame, than for its architectural distinction. Like the … Square was never quite as intensely aristocratic as St. James's Square had been: its houses were more numerous … and, particularly, at No. 49, which was as expressive of his mature style as No. 26 had been of the Adams'. Jeffry …
Survey of London
… ducal will to carry through against the obstacles of time and chance a coherent scheme more commendable than is now easily apparent. The practice of applying brick-and-stone fronts in the early-Georgian domestic style to … resigned as estate surveyor in 1928, leaving the field to his successor, Detmar Blow, and by the following year Blow …
Survey of London
… frontage of the new street between Davies Street and the estate boundary. The rest of the street was built … Street and the estate boundary for ninety-nine years, but his sub-leases to other builders of the individual house … (including the Bishop of Winchester and the Rector of St. George's, Hanover Square). 3 The houses originally built …