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Survey of London
… Erard, Paris, 3rd ed., 1924. Cyril Ehrlich, The Piano. A History, 1976, p. 109. M.C.S. 291.290, 8 March 1851. List of … Travaux de MM. Erard, Facteurs de Pianos et Harpes . . . (Victoria and Albert Museum Library pressmark 82.E.46). M.D.R. …
Survey of London
… and was named after a place in the Edwardes family's home county of Pembrokeshire. In January 1873 Lord Kensington … Place provides further details of the building and leasing history of a typical house. No. 17 was leased by Lord … 1877/726. P.R.O., RG11/49, ff/ 727, 979 Ibid., f.97. Victoria and Albert Museum, Henry Cole's Diary, May 1880Nov. …
Survey of London
… its length took nearly fifty years to complete, and its history illustrates many of the problems of urban development … Florence, had originally been erected in memory of Queen Victoria by the inhabitants of Kensington. 189 Although by … Pole, The Life of Sir William Siemens, 1888, pp. 1214. Victoria and Albert Museum Library, Cole Corresp., box 10, …
Survey of London
… dwellings were on the west side of the street, and their history is described below. Of the surviving houses, Nos. … delayed its implementation. Finally in 1935 the London County Council and the Middlesex County Council co-operated in drawing up a scheme, and the …
A History of the County of York
… on York 75 but for those in more distant parts of the county. 76 Other road improvements would have adversely …
A History of the County of York
… Sir Rowland Winn of Nostell (W.R.), Sir George Savile, the county member from 1758, Thomas Place, the recorder, and … in the air. In January of 1780 the corporation adopted a county petition against 'the increasing and unconstitutional … under the influence of Wilberforce, who had become the county member in 1784, a petition was sent to Parliament …
A History of the County of York
… families still attended their parish ch. as well. For the history of individual schools see pp. 440–60. A. Raine, Hist. …
A History of the County of York
… of the province and diocese, as the meeting-place for county elections, as the assize town and as a regional … fifties and sixties. 8 There were less pleasant sides to a county town of some pretensions. Brothels are mentioned … 1758 he published Monasticon Eboracense and Ecclesiastical History of Yorkshire and he was a collector all his life. It …
A History of the County of York
… the grandstand which brought his work to the notice of the county gentry. He designed two striking buildings at the … been erected ( c. 1745) for the city's first hospital—the County Hospital in Monkgate. 24 One noteworthy addition was … medical services began with the establishment of the York County Hospital in 1740 for the treatment of the poor. 4 This …
The Environs of London: Volume 1, County of Surrey
Covers much of present-day south London, including Bermondsey, Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames and Lambeth.