Raine's charity commenced, 1758 Ramsey abbey, Huntingdonshire, built, 969 Ramsgate pier, built of Portland and Purbeck stone; began, 1749; is 26 feet broad and 1100 feet long, extending 800 feet into the sea, before it forms an angle. The harbour occupies 46 acres Ranza castle, Arran isle, Scotland, built before 1380 Ravensworth castle, in Yorkshire, built, 1030 Reading abbey founded, 1130 Reculver abbey, Kent, built, 669 Regent-street, crossing the west end of the metropolis, and leading from where Carlton-house stood (now Carlton-terrace) to the Regent's park, commenced building, 1815, and was six years in the course of erection Repton school, 1557 Restormel castle, Cornwall, built, 1100 Richmond palace built, 1498 | Rugby School, built, 1567 Rumsey abbey, Hants, built, 972 SAILORS, (destitute) Asylum, founded, 1829 -home, or Brunswick Maritime Establishment, Wellclose Square, 1829 Salisbury cathedral began building, April 28, 1220 finished, 1258 -cost 40,000 marks Salters' Hall rebuilt, 1827 Saltwood castle, Kent, built by the Romans Sampson's (St.) church, at Guernsey, built, 1111 Sancta Casa, or the holy house of Loretto, pretended to have been brought by angels from Palestine into Illyria, in 1291 - pillaged by the French, Feb. 12, 1797, when the statue of the Madonna was conveyed to Paris Sandal castle, Yorkshire, built, 1317 bridge, Surrey, began building, Aug. 23, Sandown castle, Kent, built, 1539 1774; finished, 1777 - castle, Yorkshire, built, 1070 Richborough castle, Kent, built by the Ro Rothsay castle, isle of Bute, Scotland, built before 1263 Round towers in Ireland were built about 838; were called Clochtheach, or House of the Bell, and were built by the Danes or Ostmen Royal Academy of Music, 1818 Military College, Sandhurst, 1810 Royal exchange, London, founded, June 7, 1566 titled royal by queen Elizabeth, Jan. 29, endowed, May 24, 1574 rebuilt, 1670 repaired and beautified, Sept. 28, 1769 Rudland castle, in Wales, built before the conquest; rebuilt, 1063; repaired, 1281 Sandwich bridge, built, 1756 Saturn's temple, in Rome, built, 407 B. C. Saviour's (St.) church, Southwark, built, 1098 Savoy palace, Strand, London, built, 1245 converted to a hospital, 1549 Scone abbey, near Perth, founded, 1114 burnt by the populace at the Reformation, 1599, afterwards rebuilt Charles II. was the last king crowned in the kirk, all the Scottish monarchs having been crowned in this abbey -- made the residence of the Count d'Artois, of France, 1798 Sea-Bathing Infirmary (Royal), for the poor of London, Margate, 1796 Seaman's Floating Hospital, the ، Dreadnought,' off Greenwich, established, 1821, incorporated, 1833 Hospital-ship Grampus, Thames, 1821 Sessions House, Old Bailey, 1773 Severus' wall, built in the north of England, 203 Sewdly castle, Gloucestershire, built, 1442 Shakspeare Gallery, in Pall Mall, opened, 1789 Shakspeare's monument, Westminster abbey, erected, 1741 Shap monastery, Westmoreland, founded, 1189 Sherborne castle, Dorset, built, 1107 Sirnpson's hospital, Dublin, for blind and . college, London-wall, built, 1624 Six-clerks-office, Chancery-lane, London, built, 1776 Skipton castle, Yorkshire, built about 1070 Small-pox and Vaccination Hospital, Pancras Road, instituted, Sept. 26, 1746 Somerset-house, Strand, London, built, 1549 | Surgeons' Hall, Lincolns-inn-f - pulled down, 1776, and began to be rebuilt in its present state -- the navy-office, pipe-office, victuallingoffice, and other public offices, removed into it, in 1788 terrace fell down, Dec. 26, 1788 had 306,1347. 94d. granted by parliament to defray the expense of its erection to the year 1788, and 1,5007. addition in 1798, and 2,550%. in 1801 Somerton castle, near Newark, Lincolnshire, built, 1305 Sophia (St.), at Constantinople, built, 566 Southwark-bridge (iron), began Sept. 1814; opened, March, 1819. Weight of the iron alone 5,508 tons; expense of building, 800,000; and is the most stupendous bridge of similar materials in the world Southwell palace, Newark, Nottinghamshire, built, 1518 Stadthouse, at Amsterdam, built, 1649 finished, 1655 Stafford castle built, 1070 Stamford castle, Lincolnshire, built, 922 St. David's College, Lampeter, founded, 1826 - formerly the place of rendezvous for persons transacting business in the stocks, was Jonathan's coffee-house, in 'Changealley, Cornhill, and, it is from this circumstance, that the expression Alley is familiarly used, as a cant phrase for the stock-exchange, and that a petty "speculator in the funds is styled a dabbler in the Alley " St. Petersburgh (city of) founded by Peter I., May 27, 1703 palace of the Grand-duke Michael at, begun 1819 completed, 1825 its erection cost 17,000,000 rubles Strand-bridge (first stone of the) laid, Oct. 11, 1811 - finished, and opened to the public by a grand procession, the name having been changed to Waterloo-bridge, in honor of the duke of Wellington, June 18, 1817 Strasburgh cathedral built, 1035 St., Tower, 1049 Stratflour abbey, Cardiganshire, built, 1164 - rebuilt, 1238 Stratford-upon-Avon monastery built, 1070 St. Stephen's chapel, late the house of commons, Westminster, built, 1115 Sunderland iron-bridge founded, Sept. 24, 1793 1837 Surrey Zoological Gardens, 18 Swansea castle, Glamorganshi Sydney Sussex college, Cambr 1598 TAMWORTH CASTLE, Warwicks Tavistoke monastery, Devon, Temple, London, founded b templars, 1185 middle-temple hall built, 1 their present church built, - repaired, 1682; and again Temple-bar built, 1672 Tenby castle, Pembrokeshire, Tetbury church, Gloucestersh the expense of 3,658. 16s. ment and pews cost 1,000. opened, Oct. 1781 Tewkesbury abbey, Glouces 1102 Thames Tunnel commenced, by March, 1827, one-third was excavated, but in river found its way throu loose earth, into the tunn when the breach had bee excavation proceeded ra half across the river, wh ruption of the water pu work Tynemouth castle and priory, Northumber- | Westminster hall rebuilt, 1399, by Richard land, built, 700 Tychfield abbey, Hampshire, built, 1232 VACCINE Establishment (National). 1809 - opened, July 25, 1817 Versailles (palace of) commenced by Louis (theatre at), one of the largest in Europe, ULVERSCROFT priory, Leicestershire, built, Universal infirmary (Royal) for children, University college, Oxford, founded, 872 WADHAM College, Oxford, founded, 1613 -cross, built, 1292 Walton bridge erected, 747 - rebuilt, 1786 II. repaired, 1748 again, by Queen Elizabeth, 1590 West London infirmary (Royal), Villiersstreet, Strand, 1818 West India Docks opened, Aug. 27, 1802 Wetherhall priory, Cumberland, built, 1086 Whalley abbey, Lancashire, built, 1178 damaged by fire, 1690 - consumed, June 5, 1697.8 - gateway pulled down and carried to Windsor, 1746 Whitby monastery, Yorkshire, founded, 1075 Wapping new dock-its first stone laid, Whitecross-street prison built, 1815 June 27, 1802 - opened, Jan. 30, 1805 Whigmore castle, Herefordshire, built, 1074 Waterloo bridge. (See Strand bridge) -cathedral built, 704 Westmalling abbey, Kent, founded, 944 Wenlock abbey, Salop, built, 1091 monastery, 680 Westham abbey, Essex, founded, 1154 Westminster abbey, built by Ethelbert, of Kent, on the spot where stood the temple of Apollo, 914 -rebuilt, 1065 again rebuilt, 1269 made collegiate, 1560 towers built, 1732 and north porch repaired, 1750 damaged by fire, July 7, 1803 finished 1822 monastery, Gloucestershire, founded, 800 - castle built, 1543 Winchester college founded, 1387 - palace began, 1683 north gate built, 1290 Winds (tower of), at Athens, built, 540 before Christ Windsor castle built, 1364 - chapel built, 1473 college founded, 1543 terrace made, 1587 chapel thoroughly repaired and opened, Oct. 17, 1790 Wingfield castle, Suffolk, built before the conquest Winifred's Well chapel built, 1490 Witham priory, Essex, built, 913 Woburn abbey, Bedfordshire, founded, 1145 complete repair of, begun 1810, and Wolsey college, Ipswich, founded, 1529 - damaged by fire, April 27, 1829 Westminster bridge began, Sept. 13, 1738 first stone laid, Jan. 29, 1738-9 pier sunk and repaired, Sept. 1, 1747 opened for passengers, Nov. 17, 1750 - and cost, 426,650. Westminster hall built by William Rufus, 1098 CADURIS, or Quercy, France, 1320 Caen, Normandy, 1417 Granada, Spain, 1537 Gripswald, 1517 Groningen, Friesland, 1614 HEIDELBURGH, Germany, 1346 Helmstadt, or Jula, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttle, 1576 INGOLSTADT, Bavaria, 1573 JENA, or Sala, Thuringia, 1548 KING'S college, London, 1831 Koningsberg, Prussia, 1544 LEYDEN, Holland, 1575 Cambridge began, 626; according to some Leipsic, Saxony, 1409 others, 900 revived, 1110 Cambridge, New England, projected, 1630 - enlarged, 1539, 1569 Cordova, Spain, 968 Cracow, Poland, 700 enlarged, 1402 London, foundation-stone laid, April 30, 1827 Papia enlarged, 1487 and 1552 REGMONT, Prussia, 1544 enlarged, 1560 Ronthien, Schaumburg, 1619 TOULOUSE, France, 809 Toledo, Spain, 1518 Trèves, Germany, 1473 Tubingen, Wurtemburg, 1477 Turin, 1412 VALENCE, Dauphiny, 1475 Venice, 1592 UPSAL, Sweden, 1477 WARSAW, 1816 Wurtzburg, Franconia, 1402 Wurtemburg, Saxony, 1502 ACADEMIES INSTITUTED ON THE CONTINENT, &c. Nismes, royal, 1682 ACADEMY (Ionian), instituted at Corfu, 1809 | New York, literary and philosophical, 1814 of arts (Royal), 1768 - of music (Royal), 1807 American academies. (See American Col. leges, title, REMARKABLE BUILDINGS) PADUA, Recovrati, for poetry, Palermo, medical, 1645 1610 Paris, Sorbonne, for divinity, 1256 painting, 1391 music, 1543 eloquence and poetry, 1635 royal, of inscriptions & belles lettres, 1663 - royal, of surgery, 1731 renewed as Disuniti, 1607 Perousa, of the Insensati, 1561 of Filirgiti, or the lovers of industry, 1574 - improved, 1652 Petersburgh, sciences, 1724 - military, 1732 - school of arts, 1764 friends to Russian literature, 1811 Philadelphia, sciences, 1749 Prussian academies reformed, 1750 ROME, Umoristi, for poetry, 1611 SPAIN, royal military, 1751 UPSAL, sciences, 1720 VENICE, medical, 1701 WARSAW, languages, history, and chrono logy, 1753 |
