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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland … the sermon is preached from the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and … passes on the south, separating the township from Up-Holland; and the Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good … in the union of Boston, hundred of Kirton, parts of Holland, county of Lincoln, 2 miles (S.) from Boston; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish of Worplesdon, union of Guildford, First … was first planted here; the parent apple was brought from Holland. Wykin WYKIN, a hamlet, in the parish and union of …
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, broker and upholder … to line the wings of the couch and back of the chair. Holland quilt, pillows & carpets. 200 fourscore and 3.10.4.. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yaddlethorpe - Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. … comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed in the year 1794. Yafforth YAFFORTH, a chapelry, in the … expense of about 4200 only, by Jans Johnson, a native of Holland, and affords secure anchorage at all times. In 1835, …
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 … had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard or VIRGA (the … FLAXEN, FRENCH, greasey, GREY, Hamburgh, HEMP, HEMPEN, HOLLAND, HOSE, IRISH, KERSEY, Riga, ROPE, SAIL CLOTH, SPUN, …
Survey of London
… CHAPTER 6: YORK HOUSE The York Water Gate (see pp. 5960) in the Victoria Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand … to Norwich Inn which has been found is an order issued in 1237 to the Bishop to repair the Quay. 188 Little is known …
Survey of London
… and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in occupation of some houses in the town of Westminster. These in 1197, 1 the year before … my remembrance; also there lay a thousand pieces of fine holland cloth Furthermore there was also all the walls of the …
Survey of London
… Float Mead, The Twenty-one Acres, and The Seven Acres. In 1807 the Archbishop obtained an Act 92 authorizing the … development of this ground for building. The road was cut in 1824, and between 1825 and 1830 practically the whole … governors decided to move to new premises. From Lancelot Holland, who was, at this time, developing the land between …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… senr., kt., and Matilda his wife Manor of Thorpe in Balme als. Belthorpe and 5 messuages with lands in Thorpe in Balme in the parish of Sandall. Roger Cholmeley … in Firbek. William Hurtskye Blastus Holand, esq., and John Holland his son and heir apparent 6 messuages and 4 cottages …