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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it operated; 'The Spindle is kept from … deske; writeing desk] A DESK used or designed for writing on; such a desk being fitted with conveniences for holding … writing ink' that used ALEPPO GALL crushed and boiled in water, to which was added GREEN COPPERAS (ferrous sulphate), …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western … Hill and Leaton and west of Wrockwardine, and tuff, on which Wrockwardine village lies. 93 From those high … Wych saltworks 12 produced a high saline content in the water. By 1750 Admaston Spa, sometimes known as Wellington …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred … barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated ground commanding a fine prospect over the … north-east bank of the Severn, in the bed of which, at low water, here maybe traced some foundations of an ancient stone …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on 5 hides, contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for … speculators 5 and in 1650 Richard Steventon owned three water corn mills, probably three wheels in one mill, at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of bloodshed, the hue and cry, and a gallows. 25 Two courts a year were … Thereafter Charlton was a member of the manor of Eyton on Severn. 37 Three overseers of the poor were appointed in … that village was built 1911-12. 58 About 1933 piped water was brought from Wellington to Admaston, Bratton, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… of flint rubble with stone dressings, and partly of brick. The Nave is probably of earlier date than the Chancel, which … The chancel arch is of two moulded orders, the inner on engaged shafts with moulded capitals and bases. The E. … with the wings projecting to the N.W. Two lead rain-water heads remain, with the initials C. C. (Charles Crouch) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss Currer, and T. … few years, and the inhabitants are amply supplied with water from springs. The manufacture of wooden spindles, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… (O.S. 6 in. XVIII S.E.) Wyton is a parish and village on the left bank of the Ouse, 2 m. E. of Huntingdon. The church … foliage, common octagonal abaci, moulded 'hold-water' bases and square plinths; the E. respond has an …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… all rights and privileges, previously granted to the Burgh and City of Glasgow, and erecting the same into a … as infield, tilled as untilled, customs by land and water, rights, freedoms and privileges of patronages and gift … salmon fishings below and above the said Brig of Glasgow, on either bank of the river Clyde, possessed by them and …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCIV Charter of James VI granting the Tenandry of Rattonraw to the Burgh (1613) XCIV. Charter by King James VI., whereby, on a recital of the expenses incurred by the magistrates, … conduct of theirs, as it has conferred the greatest honour on us, so has it conferred a special convenience on all our …