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Old and New London
… volume of Once a Week, based on the quaint expression of Leland, who speaks of London as "a praty town by Tamise … so well known as they deserve to be: "Of Tamise ripe old Leland tells: I read, and many a thought up-swells Of Nature …
Magna Britannia
… at 40s. in time of peace; in time of war, nothing 16. In Leland's time, being then valued at 40s. per annum, the … probably that of St. Lyde, "where, in times past," says Leland, "at her sepulchre was gret superstition." The whole … Near this are the remains of Old-town castle, spoken of by Leland; probably the castle of Ennor, which belonged to the …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… 180; below, Secular Bldgs. Descriptions of E. Yorks.: Leland to Defoe, ed. D. [M.] Woodward (E. Yorks. Loc. Hist. …
A History of the County of York
… probably also be identified with the hospital described by Leland as being just inside Layerthorpe Gate, of the Bigot's …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… largely by a falling off in the wool and cloth trades, led Leland to remark that 'there was good cloth making at …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… the distribution of population and wealth are supported by Leland, who said of the town that 'the fairest part of it is … 11 Fires also took their toll in a town described by Leland as well built of wood 12 and with inadequate means of …
Survey of London
… wrote a letter prefaced to Thomas Hearn's edition of John Leland's Collectanea: in this he spoke of the remains of …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… R. Ser., iii, 130. App. I, p. 484, No. 14. Ib., No. 15. Leland's Coll., T. Hearne, 112. Newton. London. Cal. Hust. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… great increase of beach thrown on this shore afterwards. Leland, who wrote in king Henry VIII.'s time, seems to … of this parish, and the only one within it, as appears by Leland, in king Henry VIII.'s time. In it is situated the … Jacob's Plant Fav. p. 42. Ibid. p. 47. Ibid. p. 15. See Leland's Itinerary, vol. vi. p.6. And vicar of Lid by …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… sea, reduced it to a very low and inconsiderable state. Leland gives the following description of this place, as it … broken cliff over the shore, the same as is mentioned by Leland. The priory appears to have stood only a few feet …