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Survey of London
… 48 and 49.] Suggestions for a bridge across the river at Westminster were mooted soon after the Restoration but … proposed to be built over the river of Thames betwixt Lambeth and Westminster, which, as is conceived, would have … river being impeded. 147 Westminster was growing rapidly at the beginning of the 18th century and the inconvenience of …
Survey of London
… of Canterbury and just over an acre of ground in Lambeth Marsh from the Lord Mayor and Commonalty of the City of London. 154 At the time of the purchase the ground near the river, part … a shows that on neither side was the road fully built up at that date. There was a turnpike known as Marsh Gate at the …
Old and New London
… of the SeeFoundation of the AbbeyThe Palace at WestminsterPresent Size and ImportanceExtent of its … our pilgrimage, that we may not stray hither and thither at random, it will be necessary to have before us, if not a … with us on sundry excursions to Kensington, Chelsea, Lambeth, Putney, Southwark, and Fulham, also our walk, …
A Dictionary of London
… named after the owner or builder. Wharton's Court On Lambeth Hill (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). "Walton's Court" … Wheatsheaf Wharf South out of Upper Thames Street, at No. 1, to the Thames east of Puddle Dock (P.O. Directory). … Court. Whistler's Court West out of Salters' Hall Court, at No.3, on the south side of Salters' Hall, by London Stone, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… parishes of Wheathampstead and Harpenden, is situated at the north-west of the county on the Bedfordshire border. … and extensive. Harpenden Common is the largest, and at one time covered a very much greater area than it does at … Eccl. Com. Ct. R. 16601776, p. 267. Surv. of Ch. Livings (Lambeth Lib.). In 1581 Edward Bardolph, of Rothamsted, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… have also the interest of 150 regularly divided among them at Christmas. Whitbeck (St. Mary) WHITBECK ( St. Mary), a … from an estate left by Henry Parke, a native of the place: at present but two old men are inmates. At a short distance … a high degree of celebrity; and in 664, a national synod, at which Oswy presided, was held here for the …
Survey of London
… departure, he came from Greenwich by water, "and landed at the house which once belonged to the Cardinal, where he … money by him gyven in rewarde to a straunge mynstrell at yorke place xl s [January] "It'm the same [xxvij] daye … the Pope. A year later (4th November, 1555) Pole held a synod of both the convocations at Whitehall, that place being …
Old and New London
… of WolseyAdditions to the Palace by Henry VIII.Queen Mary at WhitehallThe Palace attacked by RiotersTilting-Matches and … "Fortresse of Perfect Beautie"Masques and Revels at WhitehallThe Office of "Master of the Revels"The Tilt … notices of Archbishop Laud passing between his palace at Lambeth and the royal palace at Whitehall. For example, in …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… are putting on a most ugly termination to the clock tower at the Houses of Parliament; so bad that it spoils all the … it would cost is thought to be too great for it to be done at present. Mild weather. 5. Went out and on with Pantheon. … schoolmaster) gave a lecture at the National schools, Lambeth Green. The lecture was pretty well attended and went …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… should call true doctrine. That however of course does not at all justify the act. From his conduct when examined he … many wrecks lately, unfortunately; one which took place at Rhyl (Wales) a day or two back, in which a lifeboat and … No less than 6 candidates have their bills out already in Lambeth, for the forthcoming election, but none of them are …