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Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… Henry de Carliol. But, in 1400, Henry IV. made Newcastle a county of itself, and granted that a sheriff should be … in all matters of difficulty according to law. Isaac's History of Exeter, page 50. An old document, appended to Tim … them to his house. Next morning, they go to church. The county sheriff's bailiffs walk first; then the judge's …
A History of the County of Stafford
… The county borough since 1910 THE COUNTY BOROUGH SINCE 1910 THE … full-time libraries 231 in the county borough: Tunstall (Victoria Institute), Burslem (Wedgwood Institute), Hanley … Box Lane. In 1910 museums 235 existed at Tunstall (Victoria Institute), Burslem (Wedgwood Institute), Hanley …
Survey of London
… The County Hall CHAPTER 16 - THE COUNTY HALL [See plates 40, 41 and 42.] The main block of County Hall occupies the site of part of Float Mead and the …
Survey of London Monograph
… The County Hall competition CHAPTER III. The County Hall … with a vigour and violence of emotion unmatched in the history of the Council', the Moderates never themselves in … A suggestion that the London School Board offices on the Victoria Embankment be kept, to reduce the necessary size of …
A History of the County of Rutland
… The county of Rutland COUNTY OF RUTLAND The origin of the county of Rutland has already been traced so far as can be …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
This project provides abstracts, calendars and transcript of the surviving material relating to 738 cases heard in the Court of Chivalry (otherwise known as the Court of Honour or the Earl Marshal’s Court) between 1634 and 1640. The original case papers are located at the College of Arms in London and the Earl Marshal’s archive at Arundel Castle, Sussex. The cases cover a wide variety of topics relating to the social, political and cultural history of the period, from ship money and the Bishops Wars to pew disputes and duelling, from heralds’ visitations and grants of arms to brawls in the street and quarrels at race meetings.
Survey of London
… Most of them have since been demolished. The early history of this property and its association with the Pindar …
Survey of London
… C. E. O., file 11119; John Hayes, Kensington Palace a history and guide, 1969, p. 3; R. B. Pugh, The Crown Estate, …
Survey of London
… design, and that its erection marked a milestone in the history of architectural taste, but there seems to be little … in its place, but the Commissioners, mindful of Queen Victoria's objection to the erection of any new buildings … internal planning and construction. 214 When the London County Council obtained powers to widen Kensington High …
Survey of London
… on the east side of Cresswell Place (fig. 45). The history of the other part of the Day family's land, on the … map of Drayton (1839), kindly supplied by the Nortolk County Archivist: Day Estate Papers, lease of 25 Nov. 1834 …