Old and new London: a narrative of its history, its people and its places, by W. Thornbury (E. Walford). |
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... took up his residence here shortly after his marriage in 1809. The house was then two separate residences - Nos . 29 and 30 , Lower Bel- grave Place - but Chantrey threw the two houses into one , and named them anew as part of Eccle ...
... took up his residence here shortly after his marriage in 1809. The house was then two separate residences - Nos . 29 and 30 , Lower Bel- grave Place - but Chantrey threw the two houses into one , and named them anew as part of Eccle ...
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... took place on the 3rd of August , in Westminster Abbey . On that day , his friend's son , Thomas Babington Macaulay , writes : - " We have laid him side by side with Canning , at the feet of Pitt , and within two steps of Fox and ...
... took place on the 3rd of August , in Westminster Abbey . On that day , his friend's son , Thomas Babington Macaulay , writes : - " We have laid him side by side with Canning , at the feet of Pitt , and within two steps of Fox and ...
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... took place in the High Street , Sir Francis Burdett being the popular favourite . Another riot took place here in 1821 , at the funeral of two men who had been shot by the soldiers at the funeral of Queen Caroline . It should , perhaps ...
... took place in the High Street , Sir Francis Burdett being the popular favourite . Another riot took place here in 1821 , at the funeral of two men who had been shot by the soldiers at the funeral of Queen Caroline . It should , perhaps ...
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... took up his residence for a time between his Crimean and his last Indian campaign . Kent House , so called after the late Duke of Kent , who for a short time resided in it , and added considerably to its size , stands only a few yards ...
... took up his residence for a time between his Crimean and his last Indian campaign . Kent House , so called after the late Duke of Kent , who for a short time resided in it , and added considerably to its size , stands only a few yards ...
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... took place , and more than two hundred exhibitors competed for the prizes offered for excellence . In the following year a third Exposition was held on the same spot , the number of exhibitors increasing to upwards of four hundred . So ...
... took place , and more than two hundred exhibitors competed for the prizes offered for excellence . In the following year a third Exposition was held on the same spot , the number of exhibitors increasing to upwards of four hundred . So ...
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