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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… James Piccadilly; St. George Hanover Square; St. Margaret and St. John Westminster; with the liberties of the Rolls and the Savoy, and the precinct of the college of … of sop's fable of the dog and the ass and a second, an assault on a castle or city. The Chapel of St. Mary, formerly …
Old and New London
… royal heads receive the sacred gold; It gives them crowns, and does their ashes keep: There made like gods, like mortals … of language, which soon changed into the more formidable assault, and brickbats and bludgeons. Perceiving too late … honour." In the reign of Charles I. the Abbey underwent an assault from the mob, who took that means of showing their …
Old and New London
… of Westminster, the field Where mutual frauds are fought, and no side yield." Ben Jonson. Law Students residing in the … Trial of the "Seven Bishops"Lords Cromartie, Balmerino, and KilmarnockA Curious Attempt to blow up Westminster Hall. … rising of the 'prentices on Evil May-day, in a riot and assault upon foreigners. However, at the intercession of …
Old and New London
… forget, though there we are forgot." Byron. Abbot Ingulph and Queen EdgithaA Monastic School in the "Dark Ages"The … Curll's Piracy of a School OrationThe Prince Regent and the Marquis of AngleseyThe College GardensThe … for Queen's ScholarsRivalry between Westminster and Eton Boys"Fagging." Under the wing of almost every abbey …
Old and New London
… Park in the Reign of Henry VIII.Rosamond's PondCharles II. and his Feathered PetsDuck IslandLe Notre employed in Laying out and Improving the ParkThe DecoyThe King and his SpanielsWilliam III.'s Summer-houseSt. James's as a …
Old and New London
… Westminster Tothill Fields and neighbourhood CHAPTER II. WESTMINSTER.TOTHILL FIELDS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. "No mead so fit For courtly joust or … once more into the open ground. They marked the site of a battery and breastwork when the fortifications around the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… flat: the soil varies from a stiff clay to a light sand and gravel; grain of every kind is grown, and the meadows and pastures are rich. The river Tame bounds … on the bar. At the head of the west pier is a circular battery, formerly mounted with six pieces of cannon; and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Apperly. Whitefield, in Lancashire.See Pilkington, and Stand. WHITEFIELD, in Lancashire.See Pilkington, and Stand. Whitefield, East and West WHITEFIELD, EAST and … in an angular manner towards the north-west, on which is a battery. A watchhouse and a lighthouse have been built on the …
Survey of London
… Wolsey's departure, he came from Greenwich by water, "and landed at the house which once belonged to the Cardinal, where he has found handsome and well-furnished apartments, provided with everything that … City, and it is probably on this occasion 90 that the gun battery between the Banqueting House and the Holbein Gate, so …
Magna Britannia
… WHITEHAVEN, now the most populous town in Cumberland, and the most populous in the North of England except Newcastle and York, has no parochial rights, but is still considered as … for his own residence. He was created a baronet in 1642, and died in 1644. Sir John, his son, removed his residence to …