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Old and New London
… end of the Privy Gardens, and faced Whitehall and Charing Cross, on ground previously occupied by the apartments of the … been conducted by the Messrs. Nichols at their office in Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street. As far back as 1792, the … House to Charing Cross we pass the 'White Hart,' the 'Red Lion,' the 'Mairmade,' the 'iii Tuns,' 'Salutation,' the …
Old and New London
… on the one side by the "street leading from Charing Cross unto the Sanctuary Gate at Westminster," and on the … and gilt. The dress of one of the busts was painted dark red, and the ornaments gilt, among which were alternately the … undressed, one large ling and one large dried cod; twelve red herrings and twelve white herrings, and four …
Old and New London
… whole of the western side of Whitehall, between Charing Cross and Parliament Street, is occupied either by Government … from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strives with dirty red, Great Villiers lies. Alas! how changed for him, That … and the groins show an incised ornament, filled in with red Parian cement. Across Downing Street there will be an …
Magna Britannia
… village, which in 1633 had consisted only of nine thatched cottages, grown up into a thriving and populous town, which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… feet in length. The village is beautifully situated; the cottages are kept in neat order, and ornamented with roses …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… On the lych-gate of 1903 is re-set a 16th-century gable-cross with flowered arms, and each face carved with the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the nave and other parts in 1806: the structure is of red brick. There is a chapel at Frankton, about three miles … of the Roman wall, and consists of two farmholds and a few cottages. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for 7. 10.; …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… including plain and figured samian ware, Oxfordshire red colourcoated ware, and mortaria. Brooches: several, … is in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries of London (Red Portfolio, Glos.). (3) Roman Villa (SP 01572051), in 'Cow … many of the footings were of pitched stones. Some Old Red Sandstone slabs were used as flue covers. Roofing was of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… apparently comprising a grid of squares outlined in red with a square of white at each intersection. This … holding a spray of leaves; the other had a pattern of red crosses. Finds included painted wall-plaster, a column …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Sawston has been greatly enlarged by the building of cheap cottages for its growing industrial population in the late …