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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Whittle WHITTLE, a hamlet, in the district of New-Mills, parish of Glossop, union of Hayfield, hundred of High … the county of Derby; containing 2284 inhabitants.See New-Mills. Whittle WHITTLE, a township, in the parish of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… water-power had in the Middle Ages turned more than ten mills. The mills have been used for fulling, papermaking, oil-pressing, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… that their half-yearly meeting is approaching. The powder mills at Hounslow have again blown up, destroying 6 people. …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… morning at the works of Mr Baker, timber merchant and saw mills, near the Archbishop's Palace. It was burning 6 hours. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and brewery, a meal and barley mill, and four saw-mills, three of them driven by steam; an iron-foundry has … and Slitrig, which joins it at Hawick. There are five mills for spinning wool; two are the property of persons in … tartan shawls, and other goods of a similar kind. The mills contain fifty teazing, scribbling, and carding engines, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… was granted in fee to Sir Francis Walsingham and Francis Mills, 49 from whom the estate passed through intermediaries …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… mixed farming in the 1990s. Wicken manor included three mills in 1086. 24 Its demesne windmill was ruinous in 1366. … the Mill way running in 1723 through Mill field. 27 Water mills were reported at Upware in the 1760s. 28 Wicken's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… manufactories for spades and edge-tools, and some corn-mills on the river. In 1846, 26 cotton-mills were employed, having engines of 1417 horse-power, …