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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… late 12th century; superimposed figures late 13th century; black-letter texts, illegible, probably 17th century. Secular …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the soil being generally a rich clay, with a substratum of black earth, in which marine shells are thickly imbedded. The …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… SKIN, HUSS SKIN Skins defined by colour or process: BLACK SKIN, CASTLING SKIN, DRIED SKIN, GOLD SKIN, GREY SKIN, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and in the mountain pastures large numbers of sheep, black-cattle, and horses of small size are reared; the … to eat the hay made from the meadows near it. The Great Black loch, situated here, affords the principal supply to … canal; besides which there is a loch called the Little Black loch, stocked like the former with perch and eels. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in two pieces, lines of figure and letters filled with black composition. In N. aisle(3) of James Tornay, yeoman of … navescratched on middle column of N. arcade, " i h c" in black-letter. ConditionGood. Secular (2). Homestead Moat, …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… built in 1894 by a member of the PriceDent family. 5 The Black Horse Inn has a date tablet of 1867. The … was only a shop (also the post office) and an inn, the 'Black Horse'; in the 19th century the latter had had a rival …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… range. OED earliest date of use: 1735 Found described as BLACK, RED Found rated by the BARREL, CASK, HUNDREDWEIGHT See … Rates distinguished two varieties, RED SMYRNA RAISINS and BLACK. Nothing is known about the latter, except that they … of use: 1769 under Raisin Simone Clarke Found described as BLACK Found in units of CWT, LB, QU Found imported by BARREL, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… istius cancelli totaliter fieri fecit, obt. 1482. On a black marble gravestone, Tho. Fish, A.M. Com. Ebor. ortus …
A History of the County of Stafford
… . . . too numerous to mention', were contrasted with other Black Country towns which specialized in one or two specific … another Smethwick manufacturer, H. S. Richards, had made black enamel for bedsteads. 19 Railway engineering continued … in the firm's range of products: thus when the demand for black stoving enamels for iron bedsteads began to decline …
A History of the County of Stafford
… south-western boundary; the ground drops to 421 feet at Black Patch on the north-eastern boundary. 10 It is through … of its land was not built up, whereas the figure for the Black Country conurbation as a whole (including Birmingham) …