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A History of the County of Essex
… In 1687 Dr. Anthony Walker, Rector of Fyfield, devised a house and about ½ acre of land in Fyfield and a farm of 56 … was held is not clear; it may have been in the master's house. By 1818 the managers were planning to expand the … surplus of the charity income. It was behind the master's house in Fyfield Street, had a playground attached, and could …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Ct Rd, London, carver (1778). In 1778 insured his house for 200. [GL, Sun MS vol. 262, p. 606] Gaillard, James … & Boards, Tool Chests & Tools, Three Benches, Grinding Stone, Sofa Frame etc. [D; Liverpool freemen reg. and … workshops also produced a considerable range of work in stone, particularly for Blenheim Palace, some of which is …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Ayr, and consists simply of a group of cottages. Gadgirth House is a plain modern mansion, of an oblong form, standing … statement of the fact that, seventy years ago, only 722 stone of wool were used by the clothiers, and scarcely as … that 243 packs of wool, each pack containing twelve stone of twenty-four lb., were purchased by the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… i.e. chaplain of marines, chaplain to the speaker of the house of commons, vicar of Lindridge, co. Worcester, 1700, … Kent: preacher of Lincoln's Inn 1699, chaplain to house of commons 1701, and to Q. Anne 1711, bishop of Chester … matric. 14 July, 1702, aged 15, B.A. 1706; M.A. from Peter House, Cambridge, 1710, rector of Sywell, Northants, 1710. …
A Dictionary of London
… Quay South out of Lower Thames Street, east of the Custom House and Wool Quays (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… also belongs; net income, 768, with a parsonage-house. The great tithes of the township of Gainford have been … county of Nottingham, on the opposite side, by a handsome stone bridge of three arches, erected in 1791, by a … frame-work; on the north side is a handsome structure of stone in the early English style, which was probably the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… commuted for a rent-charge of 119; and there is a glebe-house, with a glebe of twenty-seven acres. The church, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Garner [garnarde; garnall; garn'] The OED suggests a store house for GRAIN or SALT, but in the Dictionary Archive it … commonly found as a distinct crystal. As a PRECIOUS STONE, the garnet is a deep red in colour and is used as a … applied to a type of gem and may have indicated a garnet stone in its rough, uncut state. OED earliest date of use: …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… only remaining buildings are now three cottages and Frisby House Farm. The brick farm-house dates from the earlier 19th century but on the opposite … is incorporated in the outbuildings. This retains several stone-mullioned windows and is probably of 16th-century …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… Genew at ye old Renishe - a vase of flowers I FG, R Wine House in King Street, Westminster - his ½ 1668" (1) 1699 he … Cripplegate, (B) Hanna, (C) Mary (5) Woollendraper (6) House at Southwark, lands Denbigh (4) In command of City … 1675-83, 1689-99 (1) Candlewick Street, 1699, near London Stone, 1669, 1682, St Mary Bathaw, 1682 (2) LS, appr, 1651, …