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A History of the County of York
… Bayeux, though the Uses of Bayeux and York had little in common two centuries later. 9 For the York Use, evidence is … pressure of making it a qualification for a share in the common fund and, no doubt, as prebends became richer such a … Moreover, in the late 14th and early 15th centuries common halls of residence were being founded for priests who …
A History of the County of Sussex
… known as the salt green, 60 the salt grass, 61 or Worthing common, gradually came into being south of the modern shore … bar was apparently driven gradually on shore, causing the common to be eroded away. Erosion had begun by 1748, when the common still contained c. 50 a., 63 and by c. 1810 most of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 18th century. In 1798 of 25 closes abutting onto Worthing common 21 were held of Broadwater manor, two of Worthing … from the latter in kind and money until 1860. 89 The Croft common was recorded in 1501, 90 but has not been identified. The Teville common and the Town mead lay north-west and north-east of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… east end of Warwick Street. South of the hamlet, on the common which lay south of the modern shoreline, fishing …
A History of the County of Sussex
… formerly used as a court-house survived on Worthing common south of the modern shore line in 1748. 93 Parochial …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. The soil is various. The lands are watered …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the county, comprising 8410 acres, of which 163 are common or waste. It abounds with every variety of surface and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… stay where it is put. Charles Tomlinson gave a recipe for 'common writing ink' that used ALEPPO GALL crushed and boiled … a pen may write 'much finer with this Ink, than with any common Ink' [Tradecards (1750)]. OED earliest date of use: … for writing Elephant and Cartridge too, Whited Brown, and Common Blue; Blotting, Black and Gold embos'd, Plain or Gilt, …
A Dictionary of London
… II. 30). Not further identified. Wynwharf A house near the common wardrobe at "le Wynwharf," 1316 (Ct. H.W. I. 267). "Le …