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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… in the middle is continuous and the inner and outer orders spring from attached shafts with moulded caps; the formerly …
Old and New London
… Judd Street, was opened in 1873, and completed in the spring of 1876. It was erected from the designs of Sir …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was supported so that he might maximize his output. In the spring of 1984, however, the E.E.C. set limits to milk … in strength since the appearance of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962): The Guardian, 30 Jan. 1986, p. 19. Shropshire …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… off; (4) barley; (5) oats. VII.-Chiswick:- (1) vetches for spring seed, or pease, or beans, to be gathered green; (2) … productive in this county; thus:- Two sorts of spring barley are usually grown. On rich land, the sprat or … to fall to the ground than the other sorts. The common spring barley, containing two rows of grain in the ear, is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… crops, together with Italian rye grass (sown the previous spring with a corn crop), early spring-planted vetches, and winter-planted cabbages, are … Some farmers favour the winter variety, and others the spring, but there is little difference between the two, the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… from north-western England. Cheese was made chiefly from spring and summer grass, but some was also produced in winter … with runts and other stores imported from Wales. In spring and summer, too, sheep were imported for fattening as … was (1) wheat or other winter corn, (2) barley or other spring corn, (3) bare fallow. Sometimes this was extended …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… land which was only ploughed in good years. 90 Spring-sown wheat, never liked on the higher and lighter … 167 The soft thin cheeses were generally made in the early spring and sent weekly to London. Others were kept until … later, matured longer, and only sent off the following spring. Only the largest dairies at first made winter cheese, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… unfavourable seasons, with delayed growth in the spring, and with wet and late harvests, which themselves had …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… soon afterwards. Near the parsonage-house is a chalybeate spring. John Leake, M.D., founder of the Westminster Lying-in … to St. Margaret. About a mile from the village is a fine spring called St. Kilda's well, which runs directly into the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… to John Pechey it was 'frequently used in BROTHs in the spring-time, to cleanse the blood and strengthen the stomach' …