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Survey of London
… Martin's Lane and Cranbourn Street Area: Salisbury Estate The Salisbury estate on the west side of St. Martin's Lane … were bought by Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury, in 1609 and 1610, and subsequently all three were called Swan … of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1819, vol. I, pp. 53, 59. William Cotton, Sir Joshua Reynolds and His Works, 1856, p. 73. …
Old and New London
… YardHolbein's PicturesMr. Ruskin on HolbeinThe Romans in Thames StreetRoman WallsThames Street Tributaries, … AbbeyFyefoot LanePaper Stainers' HallPictures belonging to the CompanyCollege HillDowgateThe Skinners: their Origin and … The Merchant Taylors' School, so many years situated in Suffolk Lane, demands a special notice. The first …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Upton, Bishop's - Upwood Upton, Bishop's (St. John the Baptist) UPTON, BISHOP'S ( St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Ross, hundred of Greytree, county of … to Salisbury, and intersected by the river Wily. The manufacture of fine broad-cloth affords employment to about …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Urchfont (St. Michael) URCHFONT ( St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Devizes, hundred of Swansborough, Devizes and N. … of them handsome. Uttoxeter has long been noted for the manufacture of clock cases and movements; there are also a …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Norfolk, chairmaker (174448). Took apps named Barber in 1744 and Lincoln in 1748. [S of G, app. index] Valinder, John snr, Guildford, … James's Palace, Hampton Court, Kensington Palace and for the Houses of Parliament, 182326. The Royal accounts for the …
The Barrington Papers
… V. The Achilles Letters - 1758 V. The Achilles By the … Hawke, Kt. of the Bath, Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships employed and to … burthen one hundred and eighty tuns, laden with coffee, cotton and sugar, which he took on the 20th of September; and …
The English Fur Trade in the Later Middle Ages
… V. The Structure of the London Industry V THE STRUCTURE OF THE LONDON INDUSTRY The manufacture of furs, as it developed in London in the later Middle Ages, offered many …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Vaila - Vuiay V Vaila VAILA, an island, in the parish of Walls and Sandness, county of Shetland; … for the bleaching of yarn, in which is apparatus for the manufacture of the requisite acids employed in the process; …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Valentine ALMOND, it is a type of SWEET ALMOND cultivated in and/or pertaining to the eastern Spanish province of … earliest date of use: 1728 Sources: Patents. Velveret A COTTON pile TEXTILE, often ribbed; a variety of FUSTIAN with … by Harley [Harley (1970)]. The main difficulty in its manufacture was that the acetic acid could cause …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… St. Peter's, Rome. (f. 42.) Reservation, motu proprio, to the pope's gift of the first canonry and prebend which become … or resignation otherwise than for purpose of exchange, in the church of Dax in Aquitaine, except during the months … Prid. Non. June. (4 June.) Spoleto. (f. 252.) To William Cotton, nobleman, lord of the place of Landwad, and Alice his …