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Old and New London
… seem to imply that five centuries ago it was a well-known place of education for young ladies. Most of our readers will … of England, lived, the road from London to Essex was by a place called the Old Ford, where there was no bridge, and … in consequence of a petition from the inhabitants of this place and of Old Ford, stating the distance of their homes …
Old and New London
… and afterwards king. It was he who made Tottenham his place of residence, and, as we shall presently see, gave the … of James IV., King of Scotland, who made Tottenham their place of meeting when the Scottish queen came up from the … above a row of houses has been erected called Grove Place. The "Seven Sisters," as we have already remarked, 2 is …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… in Hereford cath. from the end of the 12th cent., his place being normally filled by a vicar (cf. EEA VII no. 188). …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… the mayor and clerk persuaded the primate to agree to place some of his men there while the royal family was in the … of an attack by the Scots. The citizens argued that 'the place was outside the city's ditches', but the archbishop, although agreeing that 'he had once caused the place to be en closed and placed men there for its defence', …
Old and New London
… reach the bench, and by the other, the barristers their place in the centre at the bottom. Both doors also lead to … line of view. We need only add to these features of the place the formidable row of law-books which occupies the … the jury can endure. The trial had, unfortunately, taken place upon a Saturday, and it became a serious question in …
Survey of London
… the picture is not so clear, but some development took place along and off Kensington Church Street (then Church … after 1710. But from 1724 onwards development was taking place on the Jones-Price estate north of the parish church, …
Old and New London
… Hanoverian line held their court, and which was the birth-place of Queen Victoria. In the time of the Domesday survey … is an Irish one, although the title is derived from this place. Parochially considered, Kensington is somewhat of an … but in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster. The place, which now forms, as it were, part and parcel of …
Old and New London
… is intersected by the Albany Road, and the memory of the place is still kept alive by St. Thomas's Road, close by, and … Thomas Waterings." This spot was in the old Tudor days the place of execution for the northern parts of Surrey; and here … beheaded for rebellion in April, 1554, was exposed at this place; and on the 18th of June, 1556, a younger son of Lord …
Survey of London
… Yard Chapel, which is allowed to be the oldest dissenting place of worship in Hammersmith, [and] is situate at the foot … of the last century. Before the erection of the present place, its founders used to meet in the rooms of an old …
Survey of London
… were also discovered built up in the walls, over fire-place openings, when these were reduced in width, and in the … treacherous, mean, and base, And seeking High and Mighty place, Forsook his Mother Queen: But let him have been what …