| John Corry - 1820 - 328 pages
...here reckoned among the outparishes. 3. — The City of Westminster, once an episcopal see, and now the seat of government, adjoins the City of London,...Bills of Mortality, which were first used in the year 156? ; and from 1603, have been kept in regular series. These bills were intended to afford timely... | |
| 1822 - 764 pages
...accordingly here reckoned among the out-parishes. 3. The city of Westminster, once an Episcopal See, and now the seat of government, adjoins the city of London,...from 1603, have been kept in regular series. These bills were intended to afford timely notice of any alarming increase of the plague, from which London... | |
| Frederick Blayney - 1826 - 224 pages
...epis." copal see, and now the seat ,of government, " adjoins the city of London, extending west" ward. " 4. The appellation of the out-parishes is " taken...from 1603 have been kept in regular series. " These bills were intended to afford timely notice " of any alarming increase of the plague, from " which... | |
| John Wade - 1829 - 426 pages
...once an episcopal see, and now the seat of government, adjoins the city of London, extending westward. The appellation of the Out-Parishes is taken from...and, from 1603, have been kept in regular series. They were intended to afford timely notice of the plague from which London was then seldom free. They... | |
| Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 842 pages
...Kensington, St. Mary-le-Bone, Paddington, and St. Paneras, with part of Highgate. The appellation of out-parishes is taken from the London bills of mortality, which were first used in the year 1562, and from 1бОЗ are regular. These bills were intended to afford notice of the increase of the plague. The... | |
| John Wade - 1871 - 946 pages
...baptisms during the -.ante period, and generally those of marriages. The Landv* Billt of Mortality were first used in the year 1562, and from 1603 have been kept in regular series. They were intended to afford timely notice of the plague, ami, in addition to the number of christenings... | |
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