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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is generally flat, and the soil a gravel resting on blue clay. The surrounding scenery is pleasing, and enlivened …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 18 Other 18th-century inns were the Golden Heart and the Blue Bowl or Ball. The latter was probably renamed the … three were needed, 16 oxen and 2 draught horses, 1 sow, 1 boar, and 8 young pigs. 20 Abbey tenants in 1189 comprised 11 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… or leasehold. 90 In the 17th century a bull and a boar were kept at Church farm for the use of the tenants. 91 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in the north end of the parish, is a building of red and blue brick on a sandstone plinth with an asymmetrical …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… 20th Century British ships and W. China, 1875-1941. Blue, A.D. B.Phil., Open University. Categories: 19th … a study of British shipping in Chinese waters, 1842-1914. Blue, A.D. Ph.D., Strathclyde. Supervised by Jackson, G. … R. Gary Chronological coverage: 19301940 Index terms: Blue Shirt Society, in China; China; Fascists, Fascism, in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… kitchen wing; its N.E. wall is of thin red and blue bricks with ashlar dressings; the openings are modern. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Auger - Azure blue Auger [noger; awger; aulger; augur; augre; augor; … of use: 1697 Sources: Patents. Azure [azurre] A bright blue PIGMENT or dye; also elliptically a TEXTILE dyed this … (1593)]. OED earliest date of use: 1552 See also AZURE BLUE. Sources: Acts, Diaries. References: Kerridge (1985). …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and is wrought in several quarries; the stone is a hard blue, of excellent quality, and much used in making roads. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of calcareous stone of a reddish colour, variegated with blue and white veins, and which is susceptible of a very high … on the declivity of a hill. There are quarries of hard blue ragstone in the neighbourhood. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… influence of the east wind. The rocks consist chiefly of blue granite, which is abundant in the hilly part of the …