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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… importance. In the 18th century there was some roadside building east and west of the town which in the 20th century … at the end of the 18th century. In High Street, where one building retains some 17th-century features, are two … the town was primarily a centre for retail and service trades. There were 4 butchers, 4 smiths, 3 tailors, 2 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… central chimney-stack stands on a square base. Inside the building both storeys have chamfered ceiling-beams and … northern projection are three curved brackets. Inside the building, between the former Hall and the S. wing, is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… magazines. The public reading and news rooms, a handsome building with an arcade of six noble columns in front, were … for several years past. There is some employment in ship-building and rope-making. An act was passed in 1845 for … for the supply of the district; freestone is quarried for building purposes, and there is also limestone. The living is …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… a house by 1798. 9 The present house is a yellow-brick building of the late 19th century. ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1203 … down' in 1591 and 'altogether ruinous' in 1602. 73 The building was extensively repaired in the 18th century 74 and … MRP/1/7. H.O. 129/23/516; O.S. Map 6" (1854 edn.). Date on building. H.O. 129/23/516; B.I.H.R., V. 1865/Ret. 37. G.R.O. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… been much altered and re-built but formed part of a larger building probably erected in the 16th century. The N. front … and the date and initials "April /?/ 1684." Inside the building is an early 18th-century fire-place with moulded …
A Survey of London
… there, Iohn Throwstone one of the shiriffes, gaue to the building thereof one hundred pound by his Testament. Iohn … the quire of their new church, in the yere 1306. to the building whereof, in her life time she gaue 2,000. markes, … frame of timber erected, wherein dwell men of diuers Trades. And from this frame to Newgate is all of this ward, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a good portion of timber: stone is wrought, chiefly for building cottages, and in the quarries are found a few …