Gentleman's Magazine Library: English topography, Частина 16E. Stock, 1905 |
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... ( Plate I. ) is supposed to have been the Priory Hall . It led from the chapel to the cloisters , and to the refectory or dining - room ( over the cloisters ) . On another side it led to the oratory , and is now the principal remain of ...
... ( Plate I. ) is supposed to have been the Priory Hall . It led from the chapel to the cloisters , and to the refectory or dining - room ( over the cloisters ) . On another side it led to the oratory , and is now the principal remain of ...
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... plate . On consulting Stow's " Survey of London , " we find a very par- ticular account of this ancient priory , and particular mention is there made of this Rahere , whom Stow calls " a pleasant - witted gentle- man , and therefore ...
... plate . On consulting Stow's " Survey of London , " we find a very par- ticular account of this ancient priory , and particular mention is there made of this Rahere , whom Stow calls " a pleasant - witted gentle- man , and therefore ...
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... Plate for the Service of the Holy Communion . Two silver flagons , with the arms of Holman : Vert , a chevron between three pheons argent . ‡ Crest : A greyhound's head . . . and thus inscribed : " George Holman , Esq . , gave one ...
... Plate for the Service of the Holy Communion . Two silver flagons , with the arms of Holman : Vert , a chevron between three pheons argent . ‡ Crest : A greyhound's head . . . and thus inscribed : " George Holman , Esq . , gave one ...
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... Plate II . ) . The present church was erected by Sir Christopher Wren , and completed about the year 1680 , at an expense of £ 11,430 , and additionally embellished in 1699 . The elevation of the west front ( see Plate II . ) will ...
... Plate II . ) . The present church was erected by Sir Christopher Wren , and completed about the year 1680 , at an expense of £ 11,430 , and additionally embellished in 1699 . The elevation of the west front ( see Plate II . ) will ...
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... ( Plate I. ) . We shall not , therefore , go into a description of the previous structure further than to notice it briefly , with the improvements which have occasioned its destruc- tion . It was one of the few churches which escaped the ...
... ( Plate I. ) . We shall not , therefore , go into a description of the previous structure further than to notice it briefly , with the improvements which have occasioned its destruc- tion . It was one of the few churches which escaped the ...
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