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Survey of London
… surroundingsan impossible site, in short, upon which to place any outcome of the human brain, except possibly an … the London County Council, whose first meeting had taken place only five months earlier, had anything to do with the … County Council's first meeting with full powers took place on 21 March 1889. In July the Duke of Westminster, as …
Survey of London
… built a group of almshouses, possibly on the site of Melon Place, in lieu of an annuity of 10 which Lady Jane Berkeley … once formed part of the Sheffield House estate. 24 Melon Place was laid out across the centre of the site and three … together with four cottages and a builder's yard in Melon Place. All were leased to Henry Little in 1858. 25 Three …
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century
… werre there was And ought the cytte yssuyd owte in [th]at place. 36 And ofte he droffe hem yn a gayne Manfully with … worschyppe therefore to hym was And soo hathe ben in every place. Saulysbury that was synyde to ryde, Yet he returnyde … Thenn with yn a lytylle space, The poore pepylle of that place, At every gate they were put oute Many a hundryd in a …
A Survey of London
… cumbersome corner: which openeth but vpon Ireland onely, a place of much lesse importance. Neither could London be … parts of the Realme: neither may I omit that none other place is so plentifully watered with springs, as London is. … a subiect and no free estate, an obedienciarie, and no place indowed with any distinct or absolute power, for it is …
Survey of London
… interested in the reconstruction of Wolsey's palace, York Place, than in hawking, and buildings at the Mews, as well as … change of function of the Mews which seems to have taken place about this time, but there does not appear to be any … some sixty years after the fire was said to have taken place; the account given in Edward Hall's Chronicle published …
A History of the County of York
… Bar in preparation for the construction of St. Leonard's Place; 49 and Exhibition Square was constructed within this … on the corner of Petergate and Lop Lane (now Duncombe Place) as extending 'from Petergate to the land of St. … 89 William Robinson's house, on the corner of Duncombe Place and St. Leonard's Place, is said to stand on the site …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… c. 25 guilds or crafts, but further amalgamations took place in the 16th century. The remaining crafts, of which … the making of clothes, 70 and an acrimonious dispute took place early in the century over the payment of contributions …