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The Environs of London
… 10s. which is supposed to be about 1s. 9d. in the pound. Market gardeners. Above three hundred acres of land in the parish of Battersea are occupied by the market gardeners, of whom there are about twenty who rent …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… celebrated for the production of vegetables for the London market, especially asparagus, which was first cultivated … E. division of Suffolk, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Needham-Market; containing 520 inhabitants, and comprising 1544 a. 3 … or Battel (St. Mary) BATTLE, or Battel ( St. Mary), a market-town, parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… E. division of Suffolk, 3 miles (S. by E.) from Needham-Market; containing 275 inhabitants. The river Orwell and the Stow-Market and Ipswich canal bound this parish, which comprises … p., and is intersected by the road from Colchester to Stow-Market. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books …
A Dictionary of London
… northern portion is occupied by Bride Court (q.v.). The Market-house for meal stood there (W. Stow, 1722). Bear …
Old and New London
… year of Henry III., to repel the fierce and half-savage Welsh from the English frontier. After Walter's death the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… The White Hart Inn, at the corner of the lane and the Market place, is a two-storeyed house, built probably late in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… divided into two shop premises, on the S. side of the Market Place at the corner of Church Street, was built in the … under a continuous cornice. c(25) House, on W. side of the Market Place 10 yards S. of Hogshill Street, with ashlar … King's Arms, at the S. corner of Hogshill Street and the Market Place, retain two original windows of three lights …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… consists of several spacious streets, diverging from the market-place, well paved, and lighted with gas; the houses in … in corn, malt, and coal, and is considerable: the market is on Saturday, and fairs are held on Whit-Monday for …
A Dictionary of London
… Inn" (Rocque, 1746). The site is now occupied by the Meat Market. See Bear (The), West Smithfield. Bear Key Stairs On … Stow 1722 and in Strype, ed. 1755 (p.817) "the great Corn Market by Billingsgate." Named from the bere or barley … by schools. Bearbinder Lane Extended from the Stocks Market, the present Mansion House and Walbrook east to St. …