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Survey of London
… is the only known building of importance by the architect and surveyor James Carr. It replaced the ancient church of … since the creation of the parish of Clerkenwell in 1176, and after the nunnery's suppression the building was retained … was augmented before 1500 to include St James the Less, and by 1540 the church seems to have been rededicated to St …
Survey of London
… 92). But though it is widely thought of as the natural and historic centre of Clerkenwell, its origins are not those … out in 18778 by Higgs & Hill. At the same time the two courts in the main block were re-arranged and redecorated. … near Temple Bar obliterated by the building of the Royal Courts of Justicebut moved in 1719 to the disused Ailesbury …
Survey of London
… Road CHAPTER XIV. Clerkenwell Road Clerkenwell Road and Theobalds Road were constructed by the Metropolitan Board … an intended cross-capital arterial road, linking West End and East End. Less than half the route passes through the old … (Ills 546, 547). For some of the way, between Goswell Road and St John Street, Clerkenwell Road was adapted from …
Old and New London
… of 2) CHAPTER XL. CLERKENWELL. House of DetentionExplosion and Attempted Rescue of Fenian PrisonersSt. John's GateKnights Hospitallers and Knights Templars Rules and Privileges of the Knights of St. JohnRevival of the …
Old and New London
… Earl of ClanricardeA Right Mad DoctorNewcastle Place and its InhabitantsClerkenwell GreenIzaac WaltonJack Adams, the Clerkenwell SimpletonThe Lamb and Flag Ragged SchoolThe Northampton FamilyMiss RayThe BewicksAylesbury House and its AssociationsThe Musical Small-coal ManBerkeley …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at 6. 11. 10.; net income, 165; patrons, J. Carpenter and T. J. Phillips, Esqrs.; impropriator, the perpetual … of the Bristol Channel, at the influx of the river Yeo, and comprises 2986 a. 1 r. 20 p., chiefly meadow and pasture land; the soil is various, consisting in nearly …
Survey of London
… That part of Cleveland Row which runs between Selwyn House and Bridgwater House was formed about 1847 after the demolition of Cleveland House, and it occupies most of the site of the old forecourt and two … and ground storey, is equally divided into east and west courts by the first flight of the Italian staircase. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Clifford is a parish on the right bank of the River Wye, and on the Radnorshire border of the county, 16 m. W. of … steepened artificially and were probably used as outer courts. The motte and inner bailey cover about 1 acres, and the whole earthwork, including the two probable outer courts, is approximately 4 acres in extent. ConditionFairly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… about 200 are pasture; the surface is generally level, and the soil in some parts clay, in others gravel. The river Ivel flows through the parish, and is navigable to Shefford. The living is a rectory, valued … in the king's books at 20. 2. 11.; net income, 439; patron and incumbent, the Rev. D. J. Olivier. The church contains …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Containing The Parishes of Arlesey; Campton-Cum-Shefford and Chicksands; Clifton; Henlow; Holwell; Meppershall; Shillington (part of) with Lower stondon and Little Holwell; Stotfold; Upper Stondon 1 The boundaries … till the sixteenth century, owed suit at both hundred courts. 4 The civil parish of Holwell was transferred by …