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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of stuffs, and calico-printing. There are also three corn-mills, and some mills for the preparation of iron, … twine, malt, and flour. Coal is brought hither, and corn, flour, and malt are sent to different parts, by means … is held every alternate Saturday, and is chiefly for corn, but also for pigs and cattle. Fairs take place on the …
Old and New London
… are Messrs. Watney's distilleries, besides some large corn mills, dye works, match factories, starch factories, … for a picture painted in 1786 shows the reapers in the corn-fields here, and a windmill in full operation at the …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1796 that the arable in Wanstead comprised 100 a. corn and 50 a. potatoes. 25 During the following decades …
The Environs of London
… 600 acres of land; about 100 of which are cultivated with corn; about 50 for potatoes; the remainder is grass. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… T. Daniel, Esq. Certain tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents in 1795, and a commutation has taken place under …
Warborough (Including Shillingford)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… period, when an enclosed Romano-British settlement with a corn drier succeeded the open areas of Iron-Age settlement. … Shillingford field. 10 In 1535 the abbey's lessee paid a corn rent worth 6 8 s. for the Shilllingford demesne, and … while the heavier ground further north was good for corn and beans, despite needing draining in places. 14 FARMS …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… furnishing ample facilities for the conveyance of malt and corn to the metropolis, and for bringing back coal and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… nor hidage: at a later period it became celebrated for its corn-market, which, in the time of Henry VIII., appears to … is on Saturday, and is very considerable for the sale of corn, of which the whole is previously warehoused in the … former, being the principal, is abundantly supplied with corn; there is a large cattle-market every alternate …
A History of the County of Sussex
… arable; about half that was sown to leys, and the rest to corn (including rye) and roots, not apparently in a rigid … in use in 1582, 8 1637, and 1671. 9 It was mentioned as a corn mill in conveyances of the Warminghurst Place estate …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was to receive half his leasehold estate sown with winter corn 'at champarty', 68 and in 1327 half the demesne arable … barley, in 1322 96 and 13489; rye in 13489; dredge-corn in all the recorded years; and peas and beans in 1410. … continued until 14378, when 102 a. of land sown with corn and 5 oxen were bought from the farmer, evidently for a …