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A History of the County of Durham
… Saxon Houses including Wearmouth and Jarrow SAXON MONASTERIES 1. … women whom St. Aidan placed in charge of double religious houses for men and women. 2 Nothing is known of her … 681, d. 685 Ceolfrid (Jarrow), app. 681; (from 689, both houses); res. 715 Sigfrid (Wearmouth), app. 685; d. 689 …
Old and New London
… minds entirely of all remembrance of that great ocean of houses that has now spread like an inundation from the banks … II.), London, still a mere cluster of wooden and wattled houses, was almost entirely destroyed by a fire. The new city …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cliff are many handsome private residences, and lodging-houses for the accommodation of visiters, who repair hither, …
Survey of London
… wholly in Tottenham Street and allowed an unbroken line of houses on this as well as the south side of the street. The numbering of the houses seems to have been unchanged and those remaining after … with No. 25 (formerly 'No. 87 John Street'). The original houses were three storeys in height, of varying frontages but …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… fortress, with a mount and the remains of several block-houses and batteries, supposed to have been constructed in … a mile from Hugh-town is Church-town, consisting of a few houses and the church. In the chancel of the church are … On St. Helen's Island, now uninhabited, are the ruins of houses, and of an ancient chapel. Scissett SCISSETT, an …