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Survey of London
… of it designed to accommodate those who worked in this little hub of commercial and industrial activity. Of the … and no less than four public houses still survive in the street to testify to one of the basic needs of its once large … They were Thomas Henry Adamson the elder of Turnham Green, Thomas Henry Adamson the younger of Putney, William …
A History of the County of York
… £119 15 s. 2 d. Mayor's gown £7 580 Casual receipts 15 Street cleaning and lighting; paving repair 17 Freedom … that on swearing day when the citizens at large shared a little in the festivities by drinking the mayor's health at … from the lord mayor's scarlet court gown to the bellman's green coat and silver-laced hat, were provided and maintained …
A History of the County of York
… the household goods trade group which accounted for a little under 10 per cent. Between 20 and 30 per cent. of the … house at the end of Middle Water Lane (now Cumberland Street). 74 By February 1740 articles of agreement had been … century the market's facilities were inadequate and the 'green-coat butter-weigher' received only £20 from the …
A History of the County of York
… corporation were thanking him for a contribution towards street improvement and for other unspecified help. 68 In 1774 …
A History of the County of York
… For the mayor's private use a pew in St. Martin's, Coney Street, was annexed to the Mansion House. 54 Much information … are of the 18th century. But, for the most part, little could be done, and at All Saints', Pavement, the … city in the fifties; it seems likely that when Peaseholme Green Chapel was opened in 1759 the congregation numbered …
A History of the County of York
… 89 As is described elsewhere, the Assembly Rooms in Blake Street were built in time for the race week of 1732. 90 For … no doubt universally pursued throughout the century, is little recorded apart from the frequent advertisement of … St. Mary's; adjacent to it, in Drake's time, was a bowling green and the hall was occasionally used for public meetings …
A History of the County of York
… houses invited demolition: houses like that in Coney Street which had harboured thieves and vagabonds and was … also repaired at the corporation's expense. 44 There is little doubt that the roads were, in fact, satisfactorily … was removed in 1731 when the stagnant water in the Green Pond outside Castlegate Postern (a remnant of the …
Survey of London
… Empire; and if ominous rumblings could sometimes be heard, little attention was as yet paid to them. But in the early … the brewers, bought the freehold of property in Victoria Street in the vicinity of the Stag brewery. In 1906 … 14 And for the renewal of the lease of Hampden House, Green Street, the Board was forced in negotiations with the …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… 38,000 2 Whilst, therefore, the total of 13301 represents little more than the ordinary revenue, and that of 13312 the … and the cost of the 30,000 sacks in England was to be a little over 150,000 By the exercise of a stringent monopoly … 1337, and March 16th, 1338,to meet at Westminster, and the little we know of the intermediate Parliament of February …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… been one of the main sources of his revenue There can be little doubt therefore that the machinery of the staple was …