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Old and New London
… Aldgate Church and Whitechapel Bars, on the lefthand or north side of the street; and as the distemper had not … was forty years before he wrote. "This Hog Lane stretcheth north towards St. Mary Spittle," he says, "without …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the parish of Over in 1541. It is bounded on the north, and partly intersected, by the river Weaver, and … one of the most populous and flourishing places in the north. The town is situated on a creek of the Irish Sea, and … rises abruptly and precipitously; the entrance from the north is under a fine arch of red-sandstone, with a rich …
Old and New London
… as Chandos Street and that shy neighbourhood at the north-west side of the Strand used to be called the Caribbee …
A Dictionary of London
… Whittington College On the east side of College Hill. North of St. Michael's Paternoster Church (O. and M. … an open parlour adjoining and all the way leading by the north wall of St. Michael's church into the king's highway of … of Thos. Knolles west, and from Richard Whityngton's inn north to the lane called Chirche lane south (Cal. P.R. H. VI. …
Survey of London
… as well as the lower stage with the passage at the north end. On the plan of 1670 the passage and the openings … is covered by the buildings of Whitehall Court on the north side of Horse Guards Avenue, while that of the latter … special events were held in the court. 100 Flanking the north and east sides of the Court was a wooden terrace, 101 …
Survey of London
… Endyf" on the south, the property of Richard Lytton on the north, and the Thames on the east. The dimensions were: east to west 23 "virgae" of 15 feet each, north to south towards the street 4 "virgae," 13 feet and 11 … the northern angle of King Street and Endif Lane, bounded north and east by (ii), was the property leased 15 to Edmund …
Survey of London
… On the building of the office of the Land Revenue on the north side of the way in 1796 (see p. 195) the width was …
Old and New London
… and an open prospect to the statue at Charing Cross on the north." With these few words of preface let us proceed. … the Travels of the Grand Duke Cosmo; the Works of Roger North, the Diaries of Pepys and Evelyn, and the Memoirs of …
Old and New London
… concave in the centre; and, besides, east, west, north, and south dials at the sides." In the reign of Charles …
Old and New London
… position was a little nearer to Westminster Abbey than the north-west corner of York House. The edifice was constructed … in 1723; the other, nearer to Charing Cross, adjoining the north-east corner of the gallery abovementioned, was the … busts, roses, portcullises, and queen's arms, both on the north and south sides. There are no gates hung at present, …