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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is carried on to a great extent in the parish, is its staple manufacture. Whitburn WHITBURN, a parish, in the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 98 In the late 17th century horse furniture was still the staple trade, 99 but in the 18th century bucklemaking became …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a burgess. 45 In the 1490s a Walsall chantry priest, John Staple, kept a school where he taught poor children free. 46 …
Old and New London
… carrots, and cauliflowers may be deemed at present your staple commodities; but why should not your commerce be …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… erected. There are several pin-factories, pins being a staple article of trade here; and the making of files, for …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… into rivers and creeks" and an "Act for improving the staple of tobacco and for regulating the size and tare of …