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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the postConquest period attracted a number of Jews who settled there; this Jewish community evidently … in London. 21 It is not possible to estimate how much woollen cloth was being manufactured in Wilton in the 13th …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wiltshire Record Society volumes used PUBLICATIONS OF THE WILTSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY ( formerly the Records Branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological Society) used in this Volume … before 1836, ed. M. G. Rathbone (1951) vi Trowbridge Woollen Industry as illustrated by Stock Books of John and …
The Environs of London
… WIMBLEDON. Name. It is not improbable that the name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. I have seen ancient records in … an iron-plate mill 62 at Wimbledon. There are now three manufactories in this parish, which are situated at a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the … were wool, silk, and linen weaving. Broadweavers and woollen weavers were at work throughout the 17th century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of … he espoused Matilda, daughter of Malcolm III., King of Scotland, who had assumed the veil in the monastery of St. … of the kingdom; it had a considerable manufactory for woollen caps, and enjoyed an extensive commerce with the …
Survey of London
… HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey granted to the Bishop of Winchester and his … one Chapel and one Church besides a large number of Manufactories and Warehouses and some schools. . . . The … and that in 1424 the wedding feast of James, King of Scotland, and Joan, daughter of the Earl of Somerset, and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Castle CASTLE The County Hall, the great Hall of Winchester where the first Parliaments of England were held, is the only remaining portion of the … kings resided, where Henry I was married to Maud of Scotland and their son William Atheling was born, where Henry …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, well placed on a river navigable by … linen cloth, velvets, mercery, haberdashery, grocery, woollen cloth, silks, 'lattus ware' or 'linsey wolsey,' … hosier might occupy another trade except it be selling of woollen cloth only. 94 The fishmongers of the city were …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor … castle took place at Christmas 11267, when David, King of Scotland, came here as Henry's guest. King David swore …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winnall - Winstone Winnall WINNALL, a parish, in the union of Winchester, hundred of Fawley, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of … freestone and flint, used for building. The manufacture of woollen-cloth was formerly carried on to a considerable …