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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 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… In chancel(1) said to be to Richard Weston, Justice of the Common Pleas, 1572, altar-tomb (Plate p. 273), of Purbeck …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1674 were the way from Wrockwardine to Burcot, the port or common highway from Admaston to Shrewsbury, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are arable, 441 meadow and pasture, 1048 woodland, and 582 common. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the … Charles I. of the rectories of BoughtonAluph, Beuset, and Newington, and other premises; and, having fallen into decay, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… area of woodland east of Wellington. It also had rights of common on the Wrekin and claimed uniquely extensive common rights over the whole of the Weald Moors. Exploitation of those valuable common rights may help to explain the exceptionally high …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in breadth, and comprises 921 acres, of which 200, then a common, were inclosed in 1820; the surface is elevated, the … The parish comprises 3545 acres, of which 496 are common or waste. It includes the northern end of Portsea …
A History of the County of Sussex
… dealing with highways and nuisances and presenting the common pound as in decay. 22 In 1651 the court leet met twice … recorded after the 17th century and was distinct from the common fine that continued to be owed by each of the …