Walks Through Islington: Comprising an Historical and Descriptive Account of that Extensive and Important District, Both in Its Ancient and Present State: Together with Some Particulars of the Most Remarkable Objects Immediately Adjacent |
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... Street 247 247 • . . · Highbury Barn . Islington Green Union Chapel Highbury College Highbury Place 306 242 242 2321 292 310 ) 298 298 Canonbury Tower 204 ) 204 Copenhagen House 149 Tunnel , Regent's Canal . 96 96 . St. Mary's Church ...
... Street 247 247 • . . · Highbury Barn . Islington Green Union Chapel Highbury College Highbury Place 306 242 242 2321 292 310 ) 298 298 Canonbury Tower 204 ) 204 Copenhagen House 149 Tunnel , Regent's Canal . 96 96 . St. Mary's Church ...
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... Street , and partly along a similar slip lying westward of the same track . Our British town , and the habitations which , till the Couest , succeeded the primeval dwellings on its site , would then extend over a sunny slope ...
... Street , and partly along a similar slip lying westward of the same track . Our British town , and the habitations which , till the Couest , succeeded the primeval dwellings on its site , would then extend over a sunny slope ...
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... Street ( the Old Street of our times ) , to have been " along the ancient bridle - way leading from Brick Lane , and , crossing the City Road , " thence " proceeding by the eastern side of the vil- lage . " Its track , as connected with ...
... Street ( the Old Street of our times ) , to have been " along the ancient bridle - way leading from Brick Lane , and , crossing the City Road , " thence " proceeding by the eastern side of the vil- lage . " Its track , as connected with ...
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... Street , was undoubtedly St. John's Street Road , which became of consequence at an early Norman period , owing to its convenience as a way from the priories of St. Bartholomew in Smithfield , and St. John of Jerusalem , Clerkenwell ...
... Street , was undoubtedly St. John's Street Road , which became of consequence at an early Norman period , owing to its convenience as a way from the priories of St. Bartholomew in Smithfield , and St. John of Jerusalem , Clerkenwell ...
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... Street , so named from its contiguity to the house where the City hounds were kept , at a time when to hunt in the " Forest of Middlesex " was still a favourite amusement with the corporation . The road which took the place of the ...
... Street , so named from its contiguity to the house where the City hounds were kept , at a time when to hunt in the " Forest of Middlesex " was still a favourite amusement with the corporation . The road which took the place of the ...
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