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A History of the County of Cumberland
… and 7 feet in breadth to form a road straight from the street to their dwellingplace. The land was held in chief by … the name to tell of their former occupation. Blackfriars Street on the west walls preserves the name and indicates the … of the friars preachers, as Friars Court behind Devonshire Street marks the locality of the minorites or grey friars in …
Survey of London Monograph
… opponents of abolition were especially keen to see as little change as possible, in the hope that a future … as this would allow the demolition of its Marsham Street offices, which he described as 'one of the most … of Contemporary Dance. The Island Block and the Addington Street Annexe would be demolished and several local roads …
Survey of London
… St. Pancras to enable the story to be given here. It has little architectural interest, but it is important because of … St. Pancras having been added by encroachment on Highgate Green. In 1670 Edward Cutler, gentleman, who then owned the … to west from the highway from Highgate to Islington (High Street) 30 feet and from north to south 12 feet." On his …
Survey of London
… Almshouses southward over a portion of the site of Harwar Street, only the southern portion of which was then in existence as a "passage to Thomas Street." (See plan LXI. in Ware's Account of Charities of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the arrangements made for paying their salaries is a little involved, but it seems clear that the imposition of a … should during his lifetime supplement it from his Cat Street house, that is, from Tingewick Hall. This decision was … he was a married man, 56 but there is tantalizingly little else recorded of him. His name suggests a Cornish …
Old and New London
… building would be three times the width of that fine street, and the nave as high as the houses on either side." … be roofed in, and handed over to the Commissioners within little more than three months from its commencement; to be … various alterations in some of the details of the plan, little of the exterior of the vast structure remained to be …
Survey of London Monograph
… the modern "improver" have dealt hardly with Leyton, & but little now remains to recall its former character. A map of … co. Herts., b. 12 June 1741 at Antigua, d. in Wigmore Street, July 1813, aged 72; he left issue three sons and … The internal slopes of roofs are slated with small thick green slates of delightfully varied colour. The brickwork of …
Survey of London
… The Greek Church (Later St. Mary's, Crown Street) and St. Martin's Almhouses CHAPTER XI The Greek Church (Later St. Mary's, Crown Street) and St. Martin's Almshouses The buildings described … p. 438; P.R.O., SP29/408, no. 93; The Tryals of Robert Green, Henry Berry, & Lawrence Hill, For the Murder of S r …
A History of the County of Warwick
… person to come and settle in it, which contributes not a little to the increase of its trade, buildings and … site for such settlement. The Roman road, Rycknield Street, passed through Edgbaston and Handsworth parishes and … in thickness, being as much as 100 ft. at Winson Green, 69 ft. at Washwood Heath and 38 ft. in Fazeley Street …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… in 1446 with the building of an arched gateway to Coney Street with a small room over it, for which stone was brought …