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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... took the way of the present high road through Islington towards Highbury . But Mr. Nelson more plausibly conjectured its route , after in- tersecting Alde Street ( the Old Street of our times ) , to have been " along the ancient bridle ...
... took the way of the present high road through Islington towards Highbury . But Mr. Nelson more plausibly conjectured its route , after in- tersecting Alde Street ( the Old Street of our times ) , to have been " along the ancient bridle ...
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... took that day seventy - four rogues , whereof some were blind , and yet great usurers , and very rich . Upon Twelfth - day the Re- corder met the Governor of Bridewell ; and they ex- amined together all the abovesaid seventy - four ...
... took that day seventy - four rogues , whereof some were blind , and yet great usurers , and very rich . Upon Twelfth - day the Re- corder met the Governor of Bridewell ; and they ex- amined together all the abovesaid seventy - four ...
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... took the place of the " causey , " was not continued beyond the Dog - house Bar till the year 1761 , when that excellent modern avenue , the City Road , having been carried over the intervening fields , was opened to the public ...
... took the place of the " causey , " was not continued beyond the Dog - house Bar till the year 1761 , when that excellent modern avenue , the City Road , having been carried over the intervening fields , was opened to the public ...
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... took an inventory ( in the presence of the sheriffs ) of the goods , amongst which ( it is said ) there were bonds found for 133,000 pounds . " Yet his Lordship appears to have been afterwards more than " reasonably well restored ; " as ...
... took an inventory ( in the presence of the sheriffs ) of the goods , amongst which ( it is said ) there were bonds found for 133,000 pounds . " Yet his Lordship appears to have been afterwards more than " reasonably well restored ; " as ...
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... took the name of Short . It then descended , successively , to the bro- thers of the last mentioned possessor , John Garbrand Hasard , and Richard Samuel Hasard ; with the latter of whom , who has also taken the name of Short , it ...
... took the name of Short . It then descended , successively , to the bro- thers of the last mentioned possessor , John Garbrand Hasard , and Richard Samuel Hasard ; with the latter of whom , who has also taken the name of Short , it ...
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