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Old and New London
… Sanquhar Murders the Fencing-MasterHis TrialBacon and YelvertonHis ExecutionSir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of … CourtPersecution of the First CongregationalistsGranaries and Coal Stores destroyed by the Great FireThe Flogging in BridewellSermon on Madame CreswellHogarth and the "Harlot's Progress"Pennant's Account of …
Survey of London
… PALACEBUILDINGS Sorbire came to England about 1665, and has left his impressions on record. One of the places … very stately, because the rest of the Palace is ill Built, and nothing but a heap of Houses, erected at divers times, and of different Models, which they made Contiguous in the …
Survey of London
… Wolsey's departure, he came from Greenwich by water, "and landed at the house which once belonged to the Cardinal, where he has found handsome and well-furnished apartments, provided with everything that … to the gardiner of Beaulie in rewarde for bringing herbes and Rotes to Yorke place vj s viij d [December] "It'm to the …
Old and New London
… the Cardinal fell that title's lost; 'Tis now the King's, and called Whitehall." Shakespeare's Henry VIII., Act IV., … sc. 1. The most Polite Court in EuropeA School of Manners and MoralsHistorical Account of WhitehallAnciently called … at WhitehallThe Palace attacked by RiotersTilting-Matches and PageantsQueen Elizabeth's LibraryThe "Fortresse of …
Old and New London
… Historical remarks (continued) CHAPTER XLVI. WHITEHALL, AND ITS HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES (continued). "Non isto … Restoration of the PalaceThe Cock-pitCromwell and Sir Roger L'EstrangeDeath of Oliver CromwellThe Ultimate … 1697, demolished by fire, except the Banqueting House and the Holbein Gateway, there has since been no reception of …
Old and New London
… Whitehall Precinct and gardens CHAPTER XLVII. WHITEHALL:ITS PRECINCT, GARDENS, … Senec prdivitis hortos." Juvenal. The Privy Gardens and King Charles's curious Sun-dialsName changed to Whitehall GardensLady Hervey and Sir Thomas RobinsonSir Robert Peel's HousePembroke House …
Old and New London
… Jones' Design for a New PalaceResidence of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the CourtAn Ingenious Design for Rebuilding … Friars of Holborn, who sold it to the Archbishop of York; and his successors in that metropolitan see made it their … Yard. It comprised a hall, chapel, banqueting-house, and other apartments, as "Henry VIII.'s Gallery," the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a hamlet, in the parish of St. Giles, Reading, union and hundred of Reading, county of Berks, 2 miles (S.) from … 2081 a. 3 r. 25 p.; the village is pleasantly situated, and is lighted with gas. Whitley WHITLEY, a township, in the parish and union of Tynemouth, E. division of Castle ward, S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lived in the reign of John, held lands in the township, and his descendants held the manor in the reign of Edward II. … of Whittle is a strong sulphureous spring. Whittle-Le-Woods WHITTLE-LE-WOODS, a township, in the parish and hundred of Leyland, …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… overlying an Iron Age occupation site, had paved streets and a temple, but no enclosing wall. The site of the Roman … of (3), probably near SO 997214. Traces of 'foundations and pavements' and two or three Constantinian coins were found 'at a little …