P. D. A. Harvey, "Estate Surveyors and the Spread of the Scale-Map in Eng- land 1550-80," Landscape History 15 (1993): 37-49.Estate Surveyors and the Spread of the Scale-Map in England, 1550-80," publication forthcoming in LandscapeHistory. (I am grateful to Professor Harvey for ...
The office of Mr Fips, solicitor to Old Martin Chuzzlewit who hires Tom Pinch to organize his library, was located here (Martin Chuzzlewit).Zoom Google Wikipedia BackBBack to Top Bank of England (Map: D-10) - Established in 1694, and known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, the ...
During the final attack, Lady Bankes rained hot coals down at Parliamentary soldiers from her personal chambers. Like many of the fortified castles in England, the inner keep of Corfe Castle was then slighted, or dismantled, by its captors so that it could not be used by Royalist forces. ...
Country boundaries that show Independent Territories and Congo State, along with territories under control of Egypt, England, Germany, Spain, Italy, Turkey, France, and Portugal. Railroads in operation and those that were proposed Steamship lines, caravan routes, cable lines, telegraph lines Gold...
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, who ruled that CSS Alabama, a warship built in Liverpool for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, did not violate Britain's neutrality. He also sat on the post-war tribunal that debated the claims for reparations from Britain for the damage...
Bus Layover Area is in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Mapcarta, the open map.
Barrington Court is a Tudor manor house begun around 1538 and completed in the late 1550s, with a vernacular stable court, situated in Barrington, near Ilminster, Somerset, England. Barrington Court is situated 320 metres east of Barrington Pottery.Barrington...
[…] In one case [in 1882, in the borough of Over Darwen in Lancashire, England], after looking at a drink map, the magistrates decided to close half of the places to buy alcohol. Their rationale was, even if we close half of these, you still don’t have to walk more than two ...
Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It stands on a hill in the neck of the meander of the River Severn on which the town originally developed.
In 1566 Nicolas Desliens also created a map of the world showing south towards the top. The map is currently housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Map by Jean Rotz from his Boke of Idrography presented to Henry VIII of England in 1542. South is oriented at the top of the pag...