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A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… which crossed the parish, powering both Lydford mill and King a Mill. THE PARISH lay mainly west of the Fosse Way … wheat, but also included mixed corn and two types of malt, had become largely malt by 1400. 18 In the early 15th century extensive repairs …
A History of the County of Sussex
… now part of Worthing borough, lay between the South Downs and the sea; the prefix distinguishes it from Tarring Neville … 1,192 a. In 1902 part was added to Worthing borough and the rest was split between Durrington and Goring. 2 The … and labour services which included reaping and binding, malt-making, drawing out dung, and carrying wood from …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Industry and trade INDUSTRY AND TRADE. Like the other towns in the basin of the Bradford … in 1922. In 1955-6 it employed just over 100 people. 41 Malting on a considerable scale was probably a local industry …
Old and New London
… CHAPTER XLIX. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.ITS EARLY HISTORY. "And they shall then behold the scene around In wasted age, in … of the First AbbeyThe Building burnt by the Danes and restored by King EdgarRebuilt by Edward the … the infirmarer's, and the sacrist's houses, the malt-house (afterwards used as a dormitory for the King's …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 2 plough-teams and 4 servi were employed on the demesne of William son of Baderon's Westonbirt estate. 40 There were 1 team and 7 servi on the demesne of Lasborough manor. 41 For the … there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 11 A malt-house recorded in 1718 had been demolished by 1819. 12 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Cary, since displaced by the King's Sedgemoor Drain, and Parrett. 6 The parish includes the village, the hamlets … sown each year, mainly with barley, producing two types of malt for the abbey. However, there was only one demesne … and the following spring there was poverty in the area and malting was restricted. In the winter of 1637- 8 people …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to 30 s. 63 In 1220 there were again six plough-teams 64 and the proportion of the land held in demesne may have … remained roughly constant between the late 11th century and the early 14th, for in 1327 the lord's assessment for tax … in 1424, 25 and afterwards comprised a corn-mill and malt-mill under one roof and the fulling-mill. 26 In 1453 all …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… flat: the soil varies from a stiff clay to a light sand and gravel; grain of every kind is grown, and the meadows and pastures are rich. The river Tame bounds … county from that of Chester. The trade is principally in malt and hops; shoes are manufactured for the Manchester …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lived in the reign of John, held lands in the township, and his descendants held the manor in the reign of Edward II. The family long continued connected with the place; and a Richard Whittingham, who had two sons and a daughter, … of land attached. Whittle-le-Woods is celebrated for its malt, for which there are two large kilns, in constant …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the Cam or Granta as in 1066, when Ickleton, Hinxton, and Duxford in the southern half each accounted for twenty of its eighty hides, while Whittlesford contributed twelve and Sawston eight. 1 In the late 10th century a moot of the … was barley, much of it sold outside the neighbourhood for malting. Sheep have been widely kept, and rights of foldage …