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A History of the County of Middlesex
… ROMAN CATHOLICISM. Recusants were mentioned in the 16th and 17th centuries: John Phillips in 1583 and 1588; 47 John … John Woodgate or Widgett in 1613 and 1617; 49 the wife of Anthony Hancock in 1636; 50 John Needham and Thomas Tidd in … or solely English, who paid for a purpose-built chapel, St. Mary's, Holly Place, which was opened in 1816. Abbé Morel …
Old and New London
… si credis, amn." Horace. Sailors' Orphan Girls' School and HomeClarkson StanfieldThe Residence of the LongmansVane … theatre, whence he soon after migrated to Drury Lane. His familiarity with the mysteries of the deep enabled him to … by us, were his "View near Chalonssur-Sane," and "Mount St. Michael," painted for the Senior United Service Club. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hampstead Settlement and Growth SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH. Finds on Hampstead Heath, … the Finchley New Road in 1829 stimulated building on the St. John's Wood estate, which followed agreements in 1838 and … of Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson's will after the death of his son in 1869. The central demesne area was then opened up …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hampstead Social and Cultural Activities SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. There … 44 in all, including 2 called hotels and a few across the St. Pancras boundary towards Kentish Town. 23 In 1889, … the waters every morning, while Duffield, in addition to his rent, was to undertake building work. 43 Although the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hampstead St. John's Wood St. John's Wood. The Hampstead portion of the St. John's Wood or Eyre estate, low-lying and not easily accessible, never attracted seats as Belsize … to promote the construction of a public road through his estate, ultimately successful in the Finchley Road Act of …
Old and New London
… The Heath CHAPTER XXXV. HAMPSTEAD (continued).THE HEATH AND THE "UPPER FLASK." "It is a goodly sight through the … Towers, belfries, lengthen'd streets, and structures fair. St. Paul's high dome amidst the vassal bands Of neighbouring … Heath to which Thompson alludes when he writes in his "Seasons:" "Or I ascend Some eminence, Augusta, in thy …
Old and New London
… issuing from a leafy rise, With balmy fields in front, and sloping green, Dear Hampstead, is thy southern face … of the hill leading up to the Heath, as Mr. Thorne, in his "Environs" styles it, "in an odd, sidelong, tortuous, … of monstrous size, must have reminded one of the Mall in St. James's Park, or the gardens of Kensington Palace. At the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… for building a shop on the highway at Jack Straw's Castle and dumping his hides, built a workshop and in 1714 was granted a piece of waste. 92 By 1720 he had a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to Kilburn priory. There was a house on the estate by 1646 and possibly by 1244 64 and although none of the copyhold … in 1807 by Lord Walpole, and 1815-89 by John Miles and his wife, benefactors of West End. 91 Two other substantial … with the opening of the third railway, the Metropolitan & St. John's Wood, with a station in West End Lane (West …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… Ancient and historical monuments in Middlesex Hampton 18 HAMPTON … principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1) Parish Church of St. Mary stands on the N. side of Thames Street and was … Robert Tyrwhytt, Master of the Buckhounds, 16512, and Jane his sister, 1656, inscription only, in incised panel on slab. …