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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … waste. Many of the women and children are employed in lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books … Foss and other smaller streams, is the Red Tower, built of brick; the inner face of this part of the wall presents a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… Ancient and historical monuments in Middlesex Yiewsley 60 YIEWSLEY … of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of brick and the roofs are tiled. ConditionGood or fairly good. … and E. and the original timber-framing has been cased in brick. Inside the building, the staircase incorporates some …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, with a chain hanging from each end onto which a PAIL could be attached and thus carried with less strain. OED earliest date of use: … was due to the quality of the SALT used in their making [Glasse (1747)]. Such hams were widely advertised. OED …
Survey of London
… CHAPTER 11: YORK BUILDINGS ( formerly George Street) Date and Description. York Buildings, the name which was once used … ground and basement with an attic in a tiled roof. The brick front has shallow panels on the north side to each … three-storey premises over basement, with tiled roof and a brick front to the upper portion, the lower portion being …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… area (W. of the Ouse), the Central area (between the Ouse and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the … closed until April 1645. 24 The dam was altered in the making of the Foss Navigation in 1797 and removed in 1856. … House on the E. of the bailey was singlestoreyed, of brick with stone dressings and with a hipped roof. In plan it …
Survey of London
… surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate … was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, Durham House, it fronted …
Survey of London
… as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in … The monks of Westminster were the lords of the fee, and a yearly payment had to be made to them of a taper of 2 … a window in and doing other works at the King's chamber, making a wardrobe for the King's chaplains, and doing …
Survey of London
… York Place and George Court CHAPTER 10: YORK PLACE ( formerly Of Alley) AND GEORGE COURT York Place, a narrow court running parallel … No. 1 at the north-west end of the Court has a red brick doublefronted exterior of three storeys over low shops …
Survey of London
… York Road CHAPTER 7 - YORK ROAD [See plates 25, 26 and 27.] The first Waterloo Bridge Act contained a clause for … parapet. All the window arches are picked out in red brick. Nos. 2 and 4 have an additional storey and ground … property circa 1829. They form a simple terrace in stock brick having a continuous dentil cornice to the parapet above …
A History of the County of Somerset
… paper on the subject to the Somerset Archological and Natural History Society in 1851 ( Proceed. pp. 95110). … have since been made to the list given by Mr. Baker, and which is the source whence the present account has been … have been seen in small scattered parties of eight or ten making their way down the valleys. 32. Common Hare. Lepus …