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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and who often were former employees at the Laverton Mills, received a weekly pension of 5 s. Two of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the 16th century such men were acquiring the local fulling mills. 53 In the course of the 16th century the number and … moste by clothiers'. 54 In addition to acquiring fulling mills for their business, the clothiers began in the 16th … odious, rotten borough, a really rotten place'. Its cloth mills seemed 'ready to tumble down, as well as many of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… area lies the Market Place, the church, Angel and Bitham Mills, and, until the late 19th century, a considerable part … boundary of the parish and on this were a number of mills. 70 Church Spring, rising just south of the church, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Brook Farm, 'Storadge and Dowesfield', three fulling mills, a grain mill, and Brook Marsh, as well as land and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Mills MILLS. At the time of the Domesday Survey there were six mills on the capital manor of Westbury. 62 In 1226-7 the … up into a number of small estates in 1599, three fulling mills and a grain mill were included in the Brook Farm estate …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… after a disastrous fire had gutted one of the town's cloth mills. 50 In 1886, under the Municipal Corporations Act of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of William Tauk, mentioned in 1356 as dealing with lands, mills, and rents in the suburbs of Chichester and …