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Survey of London Monograph
… 1557 "the Queen's Grace's pensioners did muster in bright harness . . . for there stood the Queen's Grace on high, and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 190 a. of arable and pasture. By 1742, although there was harness on one farm for 8 oxen only 4 were kept, and there … 3 In 1871 there were at least six shops, one occupied by a harness maker, and another at Pedwell. Four women worked in a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Back band [buckband; backbond; backband] An item of HARNESS for use with a CART or other shafted HORSE-drawn …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in the Dictionary Archive, where it was listed among some HARNESS as 'j Balle kant for a Cart' [Inventories (1634)]. … BAND. Bands were also made of LEATHER and were items of HARNESS as BACK BAND, BELLY BAND, BREECH BAND, CROP BAND and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… collarmakers, leather dressers, and, later, saddlers and harness-makers continued to be mentioned, though less …
A History of the County of Oxford
… making two specialized products, the cloth used in horses' harness and trappings, and the cloths called plush or shag. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Belly band [bellybond; belly bond; bally band] An item of HARNESS for use with a CART or other shafted HORSE drawn …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… custom to the village's blacksmiths, wheelwrights, and harness-makers: the Padbury family of harness-makers expanded into coach building around the mid … wheelwrights, and one each of coopers, saddlers, harness makers, and sawyers. A few women worked as …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… been fitted as stables. The kitchen has been divided into harness-rooms, laundries, etc., but the solar remains, though …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… black and brown bridles] An important distinction in HARNESS was made by saddlers between the BLACK and the BROWN. … conventions applied to the metal objects connected with harness such as BUCKLEs; the black harness is fitted with STEEL accoutrements and the brown with …