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A History of the County of Gloucester
… ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture In 1086 there were 10 servi and ancille and 4 ploughs on the demesne of the manor of Bisley. 18 In 1309 Tibbald de Verdun's portion of the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most used colour, whether it was produced in the form of a DYESTUFF or as a PIGMENT. As a pigment, there were no … the form of BLACKING it was used, for example, to polish and to colour articles like BOOTs and FIRE GRATEs and as the … Inventories (late), Newspapers, Tradecards. Black bread A COARSE form of RYE - BREAD. Cesar de Saussure, a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT Manor Courts Courts for tenants of all three Black Bourton manors were held from the Middle … 17th century they dealt with maintenance of watercourses and once with a bastardy case, and copyhold grants continued … tenants were sometimes fined for breaching the assize of ale, and in 1536 the view ordered inhabitants to repair the …
A Dictionary of London
… Not named in the maps. Black Spread Eagle Court East out of Bread Street, south of Cheapside, in Bread Street Ward (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). No later reference. Black Swan Alley South out of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Michael) BLACKAUTON ( St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 5 miles (W. by N.) … of 1900 to be given annually, after certain deductions, in bread and clothing to the poor; of 400, for clothing boys or …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Blackburn hundred Mitton THE HUNDRED OF BLACKBURN ( CONTINUATION) MITTON (PART OF) - AIGHTON, BAILEY AND CHAIGLEY Acton, Dom. Bk.; Aghton, 1274; Aighton, modern. …
A Dictionary of London
… Thames above London Bridge extending from the southern end of New Bridge Street to Albion Place, on the south side of … School Founded in 1716 by Peter Joy, for 40 boys and 30 girls (Dodsley, 1761). Blackfriars Stairs At the … of Robert Bakwelle, rector of the church of All Hallows, Bread Street, who had acquired it from his brother Wm. de …
Survey of London
… Blackfriars Bridge and Blackfriars Road CHAPTER 22: BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE AND … BLACKFRIARS ROAD In 1756 the Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the City of London obtained authority by Act of Parliament … of the charity school, an annual distribution of beef and bread on Christmas Day and the purchase of land for …
Old and New London
… Blackheath and Charlton CHAPTER XVII. BLACKHEATH, CHARLTON, AND ITS … And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent." Macaulay's Ballad of " The Armada." Situation and … flags were flying, bells and music sounding, wine and ale flowing in rivers to the health of him whose return was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1559, charged his estate in Bladon with 6 s. 8 d. a year and Thomas Godfrey, by will proved 1747, charged his estate with £1 a year for the poor of Bladon. 70 Both charities had been lost by 1825. In 1606 … cent consols. 75 The income was used in 1825 for a dole of bread at Easter. 76 In 1896 the income was £2 1 s. 3 d. 77 …