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A History of the County of Shropshire
… John Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th century 58 and Richard Poyner from 1702. 59 … prepared destitute girls for domestic service in the colonies. 89 The Royal National Institute for the Blind ran a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … are amply supplied with water from springs. The manufacture of wooden spindles, spoons, and other articles of …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Wymersley hundred THE HUNDRED OF WYMERSLEY containing the parishes of … Whiston; Wootton; Yardley Hastings Map of the Hundred In the Northamptonshire geld-roll of c. 1074 Wymersley … (Engl. P.-N. Soc), 142. About 1720 the courts were held at Cotton End in Hardingstone: Bridges, Northants. i, 334. Ibid. …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Castle St, Bristol, cm and u (181819). Trading at no. 10 in 1818 and no. 8 in 1819. [D] Yale, Elihu, London, cm, … remitted because he married an Alderman's daughter and at the instance of Copston [sic] Bampfeild, Bart. [Devon and … to the Yorkes are recorded in the account books of the Cotton family of Madingley Hall, Cambridge between 180001. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yaddlethorpe - Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. … exportation of agricultural and mineral produce, and the manufacture of tobacco-pipes, bricks, and tiles, especially …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. and was irregular in shape. 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was enlarged by the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… eard] A term with several meanings, the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that … yearne; yearn; yarne; yare'] Fibres of WOOL, LINEN, COTTON and the like spun into a continuous filament and prepared for weaving, knitting or the manufacture of sewing THREAD. Although the labels of wool, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is … 12 In 1801 there were 26 families engaged in unspecified manufacture, but in 1831 only five families were not employed …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, … and they live chiefly by selling horn spoons of their own manufacture, and coarse earthenware; their general habits are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeading - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, … building-stone. The population is mostly employed in the manufacture of woollencloth, in three large mills. The …