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A History of the County of Stafford
… visiting it in 1790 declared that it was 'the most elegant I have seen since I left Bath'. 519 The chapel, a building in … this group moved to a room on the second floor of the Old Post Office Buildings in Percy Street. 1023 HANLEY, MILL … Churches LONGTON, KING STREET. An assembly room in the Post Office Building, King Street, was registered for worship …
A History of the County of Stafford
… R.C. = Roman Catholic, B = Boys, G = Girls, J = Junior, I = Infants, SB = Senior Boys, SG = Senior Girls, JB = Junior … 1904. School-church. Edensor C.E. Infants' School, 251 Edward St., Edensor 1868 Former mixed school became infants' … for a time. Had ceased by 1959. Housed in old part of Edward St. building. Building enlarged 1877. Condemned as …
Old and New London
… The city of Westminster Introduction CHAPTER I. WESTMINSTER.A SURVEY OF THE CITY: MILLBANK, AND ITS … From his house in College Court, in May, 1703, Edward Jones, Bishop of St. Asaph, was borne to his grave in … his determination rather to be cut to pieces at his post than to resign his post at Whitehall to the Dutch. But …
A History of the County of Worcester
… rental 415 15 s., and 1,374 1 s. 4 d. consols. Charity of Edward Corles, will proved at Worcester 19 June 1866, trust … corporation, include the properties mentioned below:32 a. I r. I p. at Longdon (co. Worcester), representing the … 107 1 s. consols and 102 12 s. 5 d. on deposit in the Post Office Savings Bank; 4. Ann Dennis, will 1798, trust …
A History of the County of Worcester
… no hall-mark. 1 The registers before 1812 are as follows: (i) baptisms 1538 to 1812, burials 1556 to 1812, marriages … and another of a man and woman kneeling at desks to Edward Hurdman, last bailiff and first mayor and Joan his … 1410; they bear the 'Royal Head' stamps, representing Edward I and Queen Eleanor, and are inscribed respectively …
A History of the County of Worcester
… the use of stone in pre-Conquest defensive works. Yet Edward the Elder inclosed the burh of Towcester with a stone … only struck the extant Worcester coins of Cnut; under Edward the Confessor the number was suddenly increased to … this accidental disaster marks the first year of Richard I. In 1189 Worcester received its first royal charter. 47 By …
A History of the County of Worcester
… of John's reign Worcester Castle was a strongly defensible post, but its military importance abruptly ceases with the … the doorway is a niche containing figures of King Charles I and Charles II, while over the doorway is a similar niche … Nicholas was the Trinity Chapel. After its suppression by Edward VI it was granted to Sir Edward Warriner and Richard …
Survey of London
… Cock-fighting was certainly practised there in James I's reign. 5 There are no later references which can be … a Comedie in the Cocke pitt W ch her highnes lost to M r Edward Sackvile on a Wager." 9 This was perhaps the play … Duke of Buckingham." 27 Among the works in question were: (i) "takeing downe 60 foote of boarded partition in ye upper …
Survey of London
… shortly afterwards the premises were taken over by James I to serve as a residence for Prince Charles. 9 A few months … Plague he, almost alone of the courtiers, remained at his post. Here he died on 3rd January, 166970. 35 Monck, Duke of … as they are Treated at Her Majestie's Cost." ( English Post, June 810, 1702.) "Baron Spanheim, the King of Prussia's …
Survey of London Monograph
… 1673,for a good diarist is usually a good dinner eater"I was sworn a younger brother of the Trinity House, with my … of the Deptford endowment are at present in Mile End. "I dined," writes the diarist on May 25th, 1671, "at a feast … The point in short that is to be noted is that these post-prandial and social allusions only prove the …