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Sundials, Solar Rays, and St Paul's Cathedral

Extract from: Babylonian London, Nimrod, and the Secret War Against God by Jeremy James, 2014. Sundials, Solar Rays, and St Paul's Cathedral Since London is a Solar City – with St Paul's Cathedral representing the "sun" – we should expect to find evidence of solar rays , the symbolic use of Asherim to depict the radiant, life-sustaining power of the sun. Such a feature would seem to be required by the Babylonian worldview, where Asherim are conceived as conduits of hidden power, visible portals through which the gods radiate their "beneficent" energies into the universe. The spires and towers of 46 churches are aligned with the center of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, creating 23 "solar rays". I was already familiar with this idea from my research into the monuments of Dublin, where church steeples and other Asherim are aligned in radial fashion around the "sun," the huge modern obelisk known as the Millennium Spire. As it happens, a total of 23 "solar rays" pass through the center of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, based on the alignment of churches alone . Thus, in the diagram above, two churches sit on each line. If other types of Asherim are included – such as obelisks, monoliths, columns and cemetery chapels – the number is substantially greater. [The 46 churches in question are listed in the table below .] 1 www.zephaniah.eu The churches comprising the 23 "rays" emanating from St Paul's Cathedral 1 St Stephen's, Westbourne Park St Paul's Cathedral St Michael's Cornhill 2 All Souls Langham Place St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Shadwell
Report and Accounts Year Ended 31St March 2016

Report and Accounts Year ended 31st March 2016 Preserving the past, investing for the future annual report to 31st March 2016 Annual Report Report and accounts of the Duchy of Lancaster for the year ended 31 March 2016 Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 2 of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall (Accounts) Act 1838. annual report to 31st March 2016 River Hodder, Whitewell Estate, Lancashire. annual report to 31st March 2016 Introduction The Duchy of Lancaster is a private History estate owned by Her Majesty The In 1265, King Henry III gifted to his Queen as Duke of Lancaster. It has son Edmund the baronial lands of been the personal estate of the Simon de Montfort. A year later, he reigning Monarch since Henry IV in added the estate of Robert Ferrers, 1399 and is held separately to all other Earl of Derby and then the ‘honor, Crown possessions. county, town and castle of Lancaster’, giving Edmund the new title of Earl of The ancient inheritance began over Lancaster. 750 years ago. Historically, its growth was achieved via legacy, alliance In 1267, Edmund also received from his and appropriation. In more modern father the manor of Newcastle-under- times, growth has been delivered Lyme in Staffordshire, together with through active asset management. lands and estates in both Yorkshire and Lancashire. This substantial Her Majesty The Queen, Today, the estate covers 18,542 inheritance was further added to Duke of Lancaster. hectares of rural land divided into by Edmund’s mother, Eleanor of five Surveys: Cheshire, Lancashire, Provence, who bestowed on him the Southern, Staffordshire and Yorkshire.
Famous People Associated with St Marylebone Church

Famous People Associated with St Marylebone Church The part of London, now known as Marylebone, has been connected to its parish church for eight centu- ries. In the Domesday Book, compiled in 1086, there are records of the district called Tybourn – a name which for hundreds of years had grim associations with the gallows, which stood a little way to the northeast of the site where Marble Arch now stands. About the year AD1200, a small church, probably of timber, was built on the fringe of the Middlesex for- est by the Tybourn stream which flowed from Highgate Hill to the Thames at Westminster. This little church was in every respect a country church. It stood near the place where the Tybourn stream crossed the Tybourn road (now called Oxford Street) and Stratford Place. The church was called St John the Evangelist at Tybourn, and it served the spiritual needs of the agricul- tural folk who tilled the lands of the Manor of Tybourn, which belonged to the Abbess and Convent of Barking. In the Domesday Book the Manor was valued at 52s. In the taxation record of Pope Nicholas IV, 1291, there is an entry: Middlesex, ecclesia de Tiborne £6 Maitland’s History of London, first published in 1739, says The village of Tybourne going into decay and its church denominated St John the Evangelist, left alone by the side of the Highway, it was robbed of its Books, Vestments, Bells, Images and other decorations, on which occasion the Parishioners petitioned Robert Braybrook, Bishop of London, for leave to take down their old, and to erect a new church elsewhere, which he readily agreed to, and granted them a faculty or licence of 23rd October anno 1400, by virtue of which they erected the new church.
A History of the French in London Liberty, Equality, Opportunity

A history of the French in London liberty, equality, opportunity Edited by Debra Kelly and Martyn Cornick A history of the French in London liberty, equality, opportunity A history of the French in London liberty, equality, opportunity Edited by Debra Kelly and Martyn Cornick LONDON INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH Published by UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU First published in print in 2013. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY- NCND 4.0) license. More information regarding CC licenses is available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Available to download free at http://www.humanities-digital-library.org ISBN 978 1 909646 48 3 (PDF edition) ISBN 978 1 905165 86 5 (hardback edition) Contents List of contributors vii List of figures xv List of tables xxi List of maps xxiii Acknowledgements xxv Introduction The French in London: a study in time and space 1 Martyn Cornick 1. A special case? London’s French Protestants 13 Elizabeth Randall 2. Montagu House, Bloomsbury: a French household in London, 1673–1733 43 Paul Boucher and Tessa Murdoch 3. The novelty of the French émigrés in London in the 1790s 69 Kirsty Carpenter Note on French Catholics in London after 1789 91 4. Courts in exile: Bourbons, Bonapartes and Orléans in London, from George III to Edward VII 99 Philip Mansel 5. The French in London during the 1830s: multidimensional occupancy 129 Máire Cross 6. Introductory exposition: French republicans and communists in exile to 1848 155 Fabrice Bensimon 7.
Report and Accounts Year Ended 31St March 2019

Report and Accounts Year ended 31st March 2019 Preserving the past, investing for the future LLancaster Castle’s John O’Gaunt gate. annual report to 31st March 2019 Annual Report Report and accounts of the Duchy of Lancaster for the year ended 31 March 2019 Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 2 of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall (Accounts) Act 1838. annual report to 31st March 2019 Introduction Introduction History The Duchy of Lancaster is a private In 1265, King Henry III gifted to his estate in England and Wales second son Edmund (younger owned by Her Majesty The Queen brother of the future Edward I) as Duke of Lancaster. It has been the baronial lands of Simon de the personal estate of the reigning Montfort. A year later, he added Monarch since 1399 and is held the estate of Robert Ferrers, Earl separately from all other Crown of Derby and then the ‘honor, possessions. county, town and castle of Lancaster’, giving Edmund the new This ancient inheritance began title of Earl of Lancaster. over 750 years ago. Historically, Her Majesty The Queen, Duke of its growth was achieved via In 1267, Edmund also received Lancaster. legacy, alliance and forfeiture. In from his father the manor of more modern times, growth and Newcastle-under-Lyme in diversification have been delivered Staffordshire, together with lands through active asset management. and estates in both Yorkshire and Lancashire. This substantial Today, the estate covers 18,481 inheritance was further enhanced hectares of rural land divided into by Edmund’s mother, Eleanor of five Surveys: Cheshire, Lancashire, Provence, who bestowed on him Staffordshire, Southern and the manor of the Savoy in 1284.
The Portcullis Revised August 2010

Factsheet G9 House of Commons Information Office General Series The Portcullis Revised August 2010 Contents Introduction 2 Other uses for the Portcullis 2 Charles Barry and the New Palace 3 Modern uses 4 This factsheet has been archived so the content City of Westminster 4 and web links may be out of date. Please visit Westminster fire office 4 our About Parliament pages for current Other users 5 information. Styles 5 Appendix A 7 Examples of uses of the Portcullis 7 Further reading 8 Contact information 8 Feedback form 9 The crowned portcullis has come to be accepted during the twentieth century as the emblem of both Houses of Parliament. As with many aspects of parliamentary life, this has arisen through custom and usage rather than as a result of any conscious decision. This factsheet describes the history and use of the Portcullis. August 2010 FS G 09 Ed 3.5 ISSN 0144-4689 © Parliamentary Copyright (House of Commons) 2009 May be reproduced for purposes of private study or research without permission. Reproduction for sale or other commercial purposes not permitted. 2 The Portcullis House of Commons Information Office Factsheet G9 Introduction Since 1967, the crowned portcullis has been used exclusively on House of Commons stationery. It replaced an oval device, which had been in use since the turn of the twentieth century, on the recommendation of the Select Committee on House of Commons (Services). The portcullis probably came to be associated with the Palace of Westminster through its use, along with Tudor roses, fleurs-de-lys and pomegranates, as decoration in the rebuilding of the Palace after the fire of 1512.
Westminster World Heritage Site Management Plan Steering Group

WESTMINSTER WORLD HERITAGE SITE MANAGEMENT PLAN Illustration credits and copyright references for photographs, maps and other illustrations are under negotiation with the following organisations: Dean and Chapter of Westminster Westminster School Parliamentary Estates Directorate Westminster City Council English Heritage Greater London Authority Simmons Aerofilms / Atkins Atkins / PLB / Barry Stow 2 WESTMINSTER WORLD HERITAGE SITE MANAGEMENT PLAN The Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including St. Margaret’s Church World Heritage Site Management Plan Prepared on behalf of the Westminster World Heritage Site Management Plan Steering Group, by a consortium led by Atkins, with Barry Stow, conservation architect, and tourism specialists PLB Consulting Ltd. The full steering group chaired by English Heritage comprises representatives of: ICOMOS UK DCMS The Government Office for London The Dean and Chapter of Westminster The Parliamentary Estates Directorate Transport for London The Greater London Authority Westminster School Westminster City Council The London Borough of Lambeth The Royal Parks Agency The Church Commissioners Visit London 3 4 WESTMINSTER WORLD HERITAGE S I T E M ANAGEMENT PLAN FOREWORD by David Lammy MP, Minister for Culture I am delighted to present this Management Plan for the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St Margaret’s Church World Heritage Site. For over a thousand years, Westminster has held a unique architectural, historic and symbolic significance where the history of church, monarchy, state and law are inexorably intertwined. As a group, the iconic buildings that form part of the World Heritage Site represent masterpieces of monumental architecture from medieval times on and which draw on the best of historic construction techniques and traditional craftsmanship.
Faith-Centres-Report

SE Faith Brochure-8aug_Layout 1 07/08/2012 16:35 Page 1 Promoting ethnic diversity across sport & physical activity The role of faith centres in the provision of sport and physical activity June 2012 Summary Report by Sporting Equals SE Faith Brochure-8aug_Layout 1 07/08/2012 16:35 Page 2 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Methodology 3 3 The National Picture 4 4 The Regional Picture 6 5 Faith Centre Research 8 5.1 Churches in the UK 8 5.2 Mosques in the UK 9 5.3 Synagogues in the UK 12 5.4 Temples in the UK 14 5.5 Gurdwaras in the UK 15 6 Insight Research 17 6.1 The Role of Faith Centres 17 6.2 On-line Participant Research 19 7 Sporting Equals Faith Centre Model 20 8 Selection of Case Studies 21 9 Conclusion 23 10 Recommendations 24 11 Appendices 25 Appendix 1 – Faith Centre Model 25 Appendix 2 – Faith Centres in London 26 Appendix 3 – Faith Centres in Birmingham 30 Appendix 4 – Faith Centres in Leicester 33 02 www.sportingequals.org.uk SE Faith Brochure-8aug_Layout 1 07/08/2012 16:35 Page 3 Promoting ethnic diversity across sport & physical activity 1 2 Introduction Methodology Religion plays an extremely important role for many The research methods used in this report include a communities in the UK and earlier research carried out mixture of desktop and on-line research, questionnaires by Sporting Equals into the role of faith centres to help and telephone surveys. These surveys were carried out drive growth in sports participation 1 revealed that faith between April and June 2012.
'James Gibbs's Autobiography Revisited'

William Aslet, ‘James Gibbs’s autobiography revisited’, The Georgian Group Journal, Vol. XXV, 2017, pp. 113–130 TEXT © THE AUTHORS 2017 JAMES GIBBS’S AUtobiographY REVISITED WILLIAM ASLET ames Gibbs (1682–1754) was one of the most claim that the manuscript comprises ‘Memorandums Jimportant architectural figures in eighteenth- for his own use’ has been taken at face value. After an century England. Taught by Carlo Fontana, the most outline of his biography, I will begin by arguing that fashionable Roman architect of his day, Gibbs ‘had Gibbs intended to publish the manuscript, having a professional training at the fountain-head of Italian composed it during his final years. Following this, baroque that was unique among contemporary I will place the manuscript in the literary context of architects’.1 He was the architect of the London mid eighteenth-century England, contending that churches of St. Mary-le-Strand and St. Martin- it was composed as a piece of travel writing. I will in-the-Fields; the Senate House, Cambridge, and conclude that it was in this manuscript that Gibbs the Radcliffe Library, Oxford; houses that include hoped to preserve his legacy. From this, Gibbs will Sudbrook, Surrey, and Ditchley, Oxfordshire; and emerge as an architect who sought to immortalise was the author of two highly influential books,A himself through books as much as through buildings. Book of Architecture and Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture. Critical assessment of Gibbs is, however, complicated by the fact that our knowledge of his biography is largely limited AUTHORSHIP AND DATING to a single document currently in Sir John Soane’s The Gibbs manuscript comprises 162 pages (81 Museum, London, henceforth referred to as the folios) and is of a quarto size, bound in leather.
Northbank Book

STRANDS OF HISTORY Northbank Revealed Clive Aslet Strands of History Northbank Revealed by Clive Aslet First published in 2014 by Wild Research, 40 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BU www.wildsearch.org © Wild Research 2014 All rights reserved The Northbank BID West Wing, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA www.thenorthbank.org ISBN 978-0-9576966-2-4 Printed in Poland by ? ‘Looking to Northumberland House, and turning your back upon Trafalgar Square, the Strand is perhaps the finest street in Europe, blending the architecture of many periods; and its river ways are a peculiar feature and rich with associations.’ Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred: or, The New Crusade, 1847 ‘I often shed tears in the motley Strand for fullness of joy at so much life... Have I not enough, without your mountains?’ Charles Lamb, turning down an invitation from William Wordsworth to visit him in the Lake District Contents Foreword 10 Chapter One: The River 14 Chapter Two: The Road 26 Chapter Three: Somerset House 40 Chapter Four: Trafalgar Square 50 Chapter Five: Structural Strand: Charing Cross Station and Victoria Embankment 58 Chapter Six: Serious Strand: The Law Courts 64 Chapter Seven: Playful Strand: Shopping, Hotels and Theatres 72 Chapter Eight: Crown Imperial: The Strand Improvement Scheme 82 Chapter Nine: Art Deco and Post War 94 Chapter Ten: The Future 100 Image Acknowledgements 108 Further Reading 110 About Wild Research 111 7 8 About the Author Acknowledgements Clive Aslet is an award-winning writer and Maecenas molestie eros at tempor malesuada. journalist, acknowledged as a leading authority Donec eu urna urna.
Westminster City Archives

Westminster City Archives Information Sheet 4 Westminster Registers not held at Westminster City Archives This list includes the records of Anglican churches, chapels, chapels royal and workhouses within the current City of Westminster which, for various reasons, are not held at City of Westminster Archives Centre. Microfilm copies of the parish registers for St Marylebone and Paddington are kept here. There is a brief section on Orthodox Christian and Jewish records. For Roman Catholic records, see Information Sheet 2, and for Non-Conformist records, see Information Sheet 3. Chapels Royal For further information, contact Royal Household Enquiries on 020-7930 4832 or the National Archives at Kew (formerly the Public Record Office). The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace by Thomas H Shepherd Chapels Royal Registers held at St James’s Palace St James's Palace 1675-1709 and 1647 Now at TNA, copy only at St James's Baptisms 1709-1755 1789-1897 1897-1905 1906-the present Churchings 1869-1873 Confirmations 1885 1959-the present Marriages 1709-1754 1905-the present 1933-the present City of Westminster Archives Centre 10 St Ann’s Street, London SW1P 2DE Tel: 020-7641 5180, fax: 020-7641 5179 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.westminster.gov.uk/archives January 2010 Westminster City Archives Westminster Registers not held Information Sheet 4 at Westminster City Archives Chapels Royal Registers held at St James’s Palace (continued) Buckingham Palace Baptisms 1843-1864 Marriages 1843, 1849 & 1857 Churchings 1843-1857 Kensington Palace Baptisms 1721-1764 & 1789 1840-1900 Marriages 1721-1751,1872 & 1889 Whitehall Palace Baptisms 1753-1796 1817-1825, 1853-1890 Marriages 1704-1754 & 1807 1824 & 1829 1839-1889 NB Marriage licences are at TNA.
Savoy House & Milford House

SAVOY HOUSE & MILFORD HOUSE 190 Strand is a luxurious new development of apartments, townhouses and penthouses in an area of central London internationally acknowledged as the Capital’s theatre, nightlife, shopping and cultural heartland, with international embassies, law courts and the River Thames close by. CONTENTS A World Class Location 04 Cosmopolitan London Living 08 Connecting London 10 The Garden Bridge 12 London’s Famous Address 14 Cocktails & Cuisine 16 Culture & Leisure 18 Fashion & Retail 20 Location Map 22 Iconic Landmark 24 Site Plan 26 First Class Living 28 Warm Welcome 34 Business & Pleasure 40 Leisure Facilities 42 Impressive Interiors 46 Specification 62 Savoy House Floor Plans 64 Milford House Floor Plans 86 The Team 108 Sustainability at 190 Strand 109 St Edward – Designed for Life 110 Our Commitment to the Future 111 1 3 Computer generated image is indicative only CANARY WHARF THE CITY TOWER BRIDGE THE SHARD ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL TATE MODERN MILLENNIUM BRIDGE BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE OXO TOWER KING’S COLLEGE LONDON OLD BANK OF ENGLAND VICTORIA ROYAL COURTS EMBANKMENT OF JUSTICE NATIONAL THEATRE RIVER THAMES ST CLEMENT DANES CHURCH LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE ST MARY LE STRAND CHURCH ALDWYCH SOMERSET HOUSE WATERLOO BRIDGE STRAND ALDWYCH THEATRE LYCEUM THEATRE In the heart of Central London, 190 Strand is just moments from the River Thames, A WORLD CLASS Covent Garden, the Houses of Parliament and Trafalgar Square. Perfectly located for access to culture and entertainment, fashion and shopping, hotels and fine dining, as well LOCATION as being within close proximity to a range of London’s educational centres of excellence.