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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… population is engaged in weaving stockings and ribbons. Little Copston, now called Smockington, in the parish, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… built edifices of the present day, designed with but little variation of stile, and uniform in disordering … also, a piece of humour, two boys eating hasty-pudding: a little story belongs to this painting. One of the late Lords … art of gun-making. Hemlock stone, Stukely is of opinion, a little beyond this place, is the remains of a quarry. Lib. …
A Dictionary of London
… (Ch. I. p.m.). Afterwards called Great Wood Street and Little Wood Street (S. 292), and down to The 19th century. … the southern portion from Cheapside to Addle Street, and Little Wood Street the northern portion to London Wall. Stow …
A History of the County of Oxford
… neighbouring parishes; some quarter yardlands contained as little as 1 ½ a. 5 The 16th-century field names Shepen piece, … Islip, 46 but otherwise the pattern of landholding changed little in the 18th century and the early 19th. The duke of … old inclosures in Upper Wolvercote. 51 Inclosure had little immediate impact on the pattern of landholding. There …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century. 71 In 1718 the bridge, of two arches, was called Little Bridge; that year it was repaired by the duke of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… York; containing, with the townships of Cridling-Stubbs, Little Smeaton, and Walden-Stubbs, 921 inhabitants, of whom … passed over the stream, ran through the township of Little Smeaton, and met the new line of navigation made by …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… parish's other inhabitants were cottagers and colliers. 12 Little is known of the cottage economy of Wombridge and Oakengates but it probably differed little from that of Wrockwardine Wood. 13 By the late 18th … east of Snedshill coppice remained as farmland and was little affected by mining or industry until a few deep pits …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… mines and ironworks, notably at Ketley Bank. There was little cohesion, and only in the mid 19th century, when a … was a small hamlet, and at Wombridge there was probably little more than Wombridge Farm, on the priory site. 2 In … Walton Avenue, and Freeston Avenue and there was a little council-approved private building. 34 Slum clearance …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… to those of the doorway. The W. wall is of flint with a little clunch, and has a projecting chimney stack of brick. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Wooden combs were the cheapest available, valued at as little as 6½d DOZEN. Not found in the OED online Found … woman. OED earliest date of use: 1811 Found described as LITTLE, PLAIN, Richly fitted up Found made of MAHOGANY, … varied considerably. The fabric was valued from as little as 8d the YARD up to 6s 8d the ELL, worsted yarn from …