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A History of the County of Gloucester
… was the chief settlement in the medieval period, having a market from 1253, but from the 17th century the newer town of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… manufactured for the East India Company for its China market until the cessation of the company's trading … lord of the manor, obtained a royal grant of a Thursday market and fairs on 23 April and 1 November in 1687. He sold … 34 By the early 19th century, however, the rights in the market and fairs had returned to the lord of the manor. 35 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… has remained small; an attempt to establish it as a market centre in the late 17th century met with little …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… death and MOURNING. In consequence there was a large market for funerary textiles and HABERDASHERY of a black hue; … conveyed a message of unavailability in the marriage market. Although it was generally accepted that the period of … black for the rest of their lives. The importance for the market of black goods is reflected, not only in the listings …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 36 labourers. 118 A single smaller farm of 50 a. practised market gardening in the mid 19th century. 119 Prominent …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… attached suggesting it was sold in a highly competitive market. This supposition is supported by an advertisement in … agents for the sale of [his pencils in most Principal Market Towns in England' [NEWSPAPERS MY1794SLJ027]. A …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of LACE. Black parchment lace would no doubt have found a market in the MOURNING trade. Found describing GIRDLING, LACE …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… to fashion had to rely on products offered in the market or on recipes found in books of household management. … [to tea leaves] the bloom so highly prized in the European market'. Simmonds added that 'Prussian blue, French chalk, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… N. division of the county of Lancaster; comprising the market-town and newly-enfranchised borough of Blackburn, the … In the reign of Elizabeth, it was distinguished as a good market-town, and in the middle of the following century was … Burnley, &c.; also a line to Clitheroe, &c. The market-days are Wednesday and Saturday: the fairs are held on …
Old and New London
… Lightfoot, daughter of a linendraper, at the corner of Market Street, St. James's. She afterwards, it is said, …