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Survey of London
… Familys to be united to their parish, together with the Old Artillery Ground, and for a new church to be erected … within the bounds of the parish and of Norton falgate, the old Artillery ground and St. Mary le Spittle. William … of Norton Folgate and St. Mary le Spittle and the Old Artillery Ground submitted their own representation, …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… consisted of wages of 66 13s 4d (representing the old patent salary of 100 marks) and board wages of 1,200 …
Survey of London
… A rather conventional view was also preserved on an old silver salver. Impressions of this are preserved in the … sculptor being Thomas Earp. After the demolition of the old cross in 1647 the question arose: "What was to be done … however, preserved the statue, producing some fragments of old brass to show that he had carried out his commission. At …
Old and New London
… with 300 quality visitors. During the struggle between the old and new East India Companies, boroughs were sold openly … woman of quality buying bears of a Quaker; and there an old one selling refusals to a lieutenant of grenadiers. The following is from an old paper, dated July 15th, 1773: "Yesterday the brokers and …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… of the age, and which are thus described in an old rhyming chronicle in black letter which hung on a tablet … steed of the nuns that Enysan had slayne," etc., etc. This old legendary account of the foundation of the Priory, temp. … the Chartulary. All the deeds of most importance from this old Roll have been printed and annotated by Eyton in Vol. II. …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… using her maiden name, a very common practice in old days. (See Eyton's notes on the fee of Pantulf, p. 230, …
Old and New London
… whole of London. No wonder, therefore, that many of our old thoroughfares are still narrow in the extreme. In the … of Bath's beyond it; and the Bishop of Chester's, with the old stone cross before it. At that cross the Judges have … shall have to speak presently, in connection with the old Roman bath which is situated there. Then there was the …
Old and New London
… the propertywith the view of resuscitating the glories of old Exeter 'Change. He entrusted the work to Mr. Sydney … was cast up to be 500 yearly, one year with another." THE OLD ADELPHI THEATRE. TURNER'S HOUSE IN MAIDEN LANE. ( From an … is silent on the subject, and speaks of it only as an old-fashioned building erected for the purposes of trade, and …
Old and New London
… StreetBirthplace of GrimaldiHolywell StreetThe "Old Drury" TavernAncient Shop-Signs"Bookseller's Row"Wych … as the reign of Edward IV. The following is quoted from an old writer, whose style at least is quaint and amusing, Sir … infancy a dancer at Drury Lane, and subsequently played "old woman" at Sadler's Wells. From "Pink's History of …
Old and New London
… STRAND (NORTHERN TRIBUTARIES).DRURY LANE AND CLARE MARKET. OLD CRAVEN HOUSE (1800). The Hundred of DruryDrury House, … nearly opposite to Drury or Craven House, is a quaint old gabled house, with its pents still remaining. A quarter … introduced in the same manner; and the recollection of the old peacock vows might occasion the less serious, or even the …