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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Celtic tongue, oak. It is intersected by the river Irt, and bounded on the south by the Mite, and on the west by the Irish Sea, near the shore of which is … and with part of the remains of Adrian's wall. Two draw-wells, cased with fine ashlar work, were discovered about …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… to some ceremony or function. By the early-modern period, and in the Dictionary Archive, it was more commonly applied … 'every ornament for ladies dresses' [Newspapers (1790)], and 'Fur Dresses for the Winter are arrived from London, … consisting of the most fashionable Muffs, Fur Trimmings and Tippets' [Newspapers (1790)]. OED earliest date of use in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… they were imported into this country; that is, cleaned and dried in the sun. Because most ginger arrived ready … Drying would be a cheaper alternative to candying, and would preserve the peel until needed. However, a recipe … complicated, but the result was that both the outer rind and the pith were in effect candied separately in decorative …
Old and New London
… THEATRE. "I sing of the singe of Miss Drury the First, And the birth of Miss Drury the Second." Rejected Addresses. … BracegirdleLovely "Nancy" OldfieldColley Cibber as Manager and DramatistGarrick at Drury LaneKitty Clive, the Comic … year. It was not until 1782, when her performance at the Bath Theatre had excited general admiration, that she …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… where the Cambridge to Huntingdon road is the boundary, and highest, about 230 ft., at the S. end which stops against … Dry Drayton The soil is boulder clay on the higher ground and gault on the lower ground; the village lies at the … is merely so called 'for that it standeth in the Upland and Champion countrie, thereby to distinguish it from the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… formally installed as vicar, but in 1282 the vicarage and rectory were consolidated. 36 Thereafter the incumbents were regularly styled rectors. 37 Between 1282 and 1284 the abbey, challenged in its rights over the church … against intruders. 38 Sir John Heron presented in 1517 and the king in 1532, both under grants for one turn from the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the four manors, while on the other 30 villani, 9 bordars, and 13 cottars used between them nine teams. The yield of the whole vill fell by a quarter between 1066 and c. 1070 and had only slightly recovered by 1086 to £13 10 s. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the river Leven, near its influx into the Frith of Forth, and is neatly and regularly built, consisting of one principal street … employed at their own houses in weaving sheetings, dowlas, and towellings, for the manufacturers in the neighbouring …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Cokethorpe was a dependent chapelry by the 13th century and remained so until the 20th. 88 Before Claywell was … chaplain or rector of Ducklington, was mentioned c. 1170, and in 1195 witnessed a grant by the manorial lord Guy de … Lincoln collated during the minority of William de Dive, and other minorities led to royal presentations in 1295 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… field in the north, Park field between the village and Barley Park, Middle field parallel to it on the south-east, and Wood field ranged along the north side of Cokethorpe Park; in the southwest, between Boys Wood and Barley Park, was Claywell field. 77 The medieval fields …