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A History of the County of Oxford
… Boro. Mun. 89, pp. 251, 272, 326; 12/7-13: rentals s.v. 'Globe'; Blenheim Mun., box 137; ibid. shelf B 2, Woodstock …
A History of the County of Oxford
… further expansion, and in 1635 Woodstock's assessment for ship money was only �20, compared with Chipping Norton's …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and the Wharf in 1842, 28 and flour and paper were sent by ship from the pill in the late 19th century. 29 Two sailors, a boatman, a waterman, and a ship-carpenter or boat-builder were recorded in 1608, 30 a … of stone were extracted each year, most being conveyed by ship to Bristol where Laurence was a contractor for the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 2 It was open in 1881 and appears to have been renamed the Globe, perhaps because of its bad reputation which led to … before 1885, and became a private dwelling known as Globe House. 3 The Prince of Wales beerhouse on the road …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… succeeding reign. The "Sovereign of the Seas," the largest ship that had ever been built in England, was launched from the dockyard in the reign of Charles I. This ship, of 1637 tons' burthen, carried 176 guns, and was richly … breast-pieces, and all other iron work connected with ship-building, are manufactured here, and also anchors of the …
The Environs of London
… Captain Robert Hall, killed by an accident on board his ship the Bridgwater, 1781; Mary, wife of Lieut. William Role, … the oldest in the kingdom, having found that the great ship called Harry, Grace de Dieu, was built there in 1512 49. It is possible, however, that this ship might have been built, as others were before that time, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… token of his joy for the victory, he ordered a sixty-gun ship, which was soon after launched at Woolwich, to be named … persons are engaged in the collieries; and there are three ship-builders' yards, in which vessels of from 300 to 400 …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… body, contracted by long lying out at sea in a very sickly ship about one year before his departure, which so farr …