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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… are, oats, barley, wheat, potatoes, and turnips; bone-dust has been introduced for manure, on the turnip lands, … rendered more fertile, by the use of marl, lime, and bone-dust manure. The cattle are of the Highland breed, and the …
Survey of London
… Rococo chimneypiece of veined white marble, framing a fine basket grate of Empire design. The wainscoted face above the … is of no interest, but it frames the very fine Empire basket grate of steel and brass that was probably installed …
A History of the County of Sussex
… c. 1730. 83 Two or more members of the Spencer family were basket makers between 1693 and c. 1800. 84 Though only two … and a brazier; four or more mercers and 3 shopkeepers; a basket maker; a seedsman; 2 gardeners; 4 hairdressers; a … another writer in 1735 described them as almost turned to dust. 67 In 1826 a visitor found them 'mouldering to decay' …
A History of the County of Somerset
… by the 1920s, producing peat fuel, firelighters, mould, dust, litter, and bulb fibre. 19 In 1947 it employed between …
A History of the County of London
… among which were a piece of the True Cross and a wonderful basket of gold, silver, and precious stones sent to King …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… complete system of draining, and the plentiful use of bone-dust, as turnip manure. The rateable annual value of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… potatoes, turnips, and a few acres of beans and peas; bone-dust has been introduced as manure; the lands have been …
Old and New London
… resort: "The City to Bagnigge Wells repair, To swallow dust, and call it air." We have seen an old engraving of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… sense, too, a band was used to keep together a BUNDLE of BASKET RODs. Bands were also used for binding edges; hence …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with 27 employees. 361 Other manufactures, which included basket-making, strawbonnet weaving, and lace-making, 362 were …