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Survey of London
… Winchester House and Park CHAPTER 6: WINCHESTER HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey … of the Estate is the principal centre of the Ironfoundry trade in London." 83 Some portions of the estate were sold …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … standing, though Bristol naturally took the bulk of their trade, but they were certainly accustomed to visit the fair … every function of civic government and the regulation of trade 30 was transferred to the episcopal officials. As we …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and the Itchen while navigable brought it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present area of the city is 1,906 acres, that … or rents in the city or suburb and all who lived by trade and 'got gain' to contribute to the repair of the walls …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… owed its first beginnings to its important geographical and political status 3 rather than to any deliberate trade organization. Whether the gild merchant existed before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first not necessarily a vital part of the borough …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of about 2000 acres. Two-thirds are arable, and … and pasture in nearly equal portions, 360 woodland and plantations, and the remainder sites of buildings, roads, and … is large, and possesses a considerable and increasing trade in the weaving of stockings, for which about 200 frames …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… NW) The parish lies in the valley of the Winterborne brook and has an area of 3,436 acres, entirely on Chalk. Until 1933 … Abbas parish included the W. part of Whitechurch village, and the parish church thus stood outside its own parish. … in the W. part of the village. The walls are of flint and rubble with ashlar dressings, and of banded flint and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from … inhabitants. It is situated on the east side of the Aire, and intersected by a tributary of that river. There is a … mansion, is surrounded by extensive grounds and beautiful plantations. Here is a station of the Nottingham and Lincoln …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 … baths. About a century since, the principal articles of trade were, oil, for the preparation of which there were … feet; it commands most extensive views, and its beautiful plantations render it conspicuous from distant parts. Wiston …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for … manors, has outstripped the Old Market as a centre of trade. By 1492 there were 115 tenants of the bishop in the … and was due no doubt to the damage done by railways to the trade of the port. For the next generation the population of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… authentic reference to Wisbech occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a … of Ely. 54 In 1086 Wisbech was held by the abbot, and rated at 10 hides, of which 1 hide and 1 virgate with 2 … with the prosperity of 1251, is partly due to the blow to trade caused by the diversion of the Ouse to the Lynn …