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Old and New London
… with impersonations of the Thames, Medway, Severn, and Humber; and among the pictures is a fine painting, twenty …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… raises 1200 tons of gravel a day. A similar machine on the Humber raises 50 tons of mud per hour. Nothing has lately …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… oatmeal there, and he noted that dealers crossed the Humber to buy much oatmeal in Beverley for resale in …
Survey of London Monograph
… the Thames, as the Hull Guild controlled the mouth of the Humber, and the Newcastle Guild the mouth of the Tyne, was …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… river pilots in 1800 the brethren had a monopoly of the Humber pilotage. The accounts present a detailed picture of … was responsible for the lifeboat until 1908, when the Humber Conservancy Board took over. 47 When, again, the Commissioners for the Humber Pilot Act wanted another buoy at the mouth of the …
A History of the County of York
… particular from the villages along the south bank of the Humber, and a few from more distant places— Carlisle, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… village, which is scattered, is on the south side of the Humber, about a mile north of Wootton. The living is a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… see Fishwick, op. cit. 31416. Surv. 16. Henry Schofield of Humber had five messuages and lands in Castleton and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by 3 fine; ibid, ii, 89. John Dalton of Barton-on-Humber forfeited certain lands held in Cockerham. He …
Trinity House of Deptford Transactions, 1609-35
… [ See 124.] Because of the dangerous entrance to the river Humber, where there is continual loss of ships, men and … the petition, nor is it, or any other place near the river Humber, fitting for a lighthouse, apart from Ravenspur. At …