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Survey of London
… standing on copyhold land at the north-west corner of Plough Lane (now Campden Hill Road). His purchase included a … church, was a decision by the Kensington Vestry to widen Plough Lane. This necessitated the demolition of Evan Evans's …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… cheap, sometimes being valued at as little as 4d a YARD [Inventories (1708); Inventories (1713)]. OED earliest … use: 1711 Found describing STUFF Found in units of PIECE, YARD Sources: Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late). … for canvas in the shops from as low as 6d up to 16d the YARD; somewhat lower than in the pre-Restoration period. …
A Dictionary of London
… of the railway lines and the approaches : "Chequer Yard," "Hand Court," southern end of Bush Lane ; "Plumbers' … names : "Ship Court" (O. and M. 1677-Hatton, 1708). "Ship Yard" (P.C. 1732-Lond. Guide, 1758). "Black Swan Yard, formerly Ship Yard" (Maitland, ed. 1775, II. 840). …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in 1684 had 165 sheep, some fattening in the marsh, 8 plough oxen, cattle, horses, pigs, crops of wheat, barley, … as Langport. 6 By 1832 bricks were being exported from the yard of Henry Leigh the younger on the south side of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the palace of Sir Thomas More, in the dancing-school yard in Orange-street, are now used as a warehouse for wool. … has been carefully removed from that part of the castle yard which was crossed by the new road from Ashford, and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Biddulph gave in trust a meadow in Cannock called Pool Yard or Pool Yort, bought for 100, and in 1761 a piece of … 1817. 261 By 1823 the master received 8 a year from Pool Yard and still occupied the garden and house; attendance had …
Old and New London
… the room, and the ladder hangs broken upon a wall in the yard. The hostelar of that house said to me, 'the pole …