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    The Building Act 1774 (formally known as the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1774) was an Act passed in 1774 by the Parliament of Great Britain to consolidate...
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    houses, out-houses, barns, or other buildings, as he shall think necessary to be taken... — Quartering Act 1774 The act expired on 24 March 1776. During...
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    Peel came into force. The Building Act 1774, which imposed restrictions on exterior decoration, was also known as the Black Act. Following the 1720 South...
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    Marylebone Road in the north. Gwynn influenced the drafting of the Building Act 1774 which improved standards of materials and workmanship – Bedford Square...
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  • that no buildings were to exceed five storeys. The Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, also known as the Building Act 1774, placed buildings into seven...
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    traditionally cited as 14 G. 3. Land Tax Act 1774 (14 Geo. 3. c. 1) Parliamentary Elections Act 1413 (1 Hen. 5. c. 1) Usury Act 1713 (13 Ann. c. 15) This appears...
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    Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (category 1774 establishments in the British Empire)
    founded in 1774 by the Regulating Act of 1773. It replaced the Mayor's Court of Calcutta and was British India's highest court from 1774 until 1862,...
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    Edenton Tea Party (category 1774 in the Thirteen Colonies)
    Edenton, North Carolina, in response to the Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1773. In October 1774, 51 women from Edenton and the surrounding area...
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    Intolerable Acts (category Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1774)
    Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest of the Tea Act, a tax...
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    worshipped at the site continuously since around 800 AD. It is a Grade I listed building for its combined heritage and architectural merit. St. Mary's is among...
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