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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… re-set S. doorway of which part of the jambs, the inner order of the arch and three stones of the outer order are of c. 1220; the jambs and two-centred arch are of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a more ancient structure of the kind, removed in order to widen and improve the carriage-road into the town. A … 105. A bettingroom was erected in 1826; it is of the Ionic order, 90 feet in length, and 22 feet broad, lighted in the … afterwards, is an elegant structure of the composite order; the front is embellished with duplicated columns …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… chaine] A CHAIN for attaching to the COLLAR of a DOG in order to tie it up, or perhaps to use with a DOG WHEEL Not …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… as those imported so the East India Company ceased to order Dorias [Montgomery (1984)]. OED earliest date of use: … century [Montgomery (1984)]; [Acts (1552)]. Presumably, in order to protect the nascent home industry, the Book of Rates …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… demands for services and customary dues and payments in order to retain tenants and fill vacant holdings. … to adjust to changing conditions and make concessions in order to attract and retain tenants. The wide variations in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… inclosure; first, however, exchanges would be needed 'in order to lay their ground together and to make each others' … There were safeguards to prevent corruption of the new order by those too newly richthree armigerous generations and … so few, and upon their leases to reserve a heriot'. 34 In order to adjust the level of their rents more effectively, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… open-field land 44 46,255 a 185091 by provisional Order confirmed by annual general Acts: 21 12,020 Total 72 … on open land was not an economic one: all had to do it in order to preserve their common rights as long as the land … very large amounts of money in his master's estates in order to rack up his rental. 71 The dowager countess of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… encouragement to farmers to grow more cereals in order to reduce the amount of scarce shipping space devoted … 24 Ministry and self-imposed restrictions on movement, in order to contain the epidemic, soon brought social and … either on its own estate or on privately owned estates, in order to make room for new entrants. Nevertheless in the …