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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… 'a yard-wide GOWN' where a length of fabric suitable for making a gown was being described. An earlier equivalent is … COVERLET yarn, or as 'for BLANKETs', 'Grogram yarn for making TAPESTRY', for KNITting, and 'COARSE for SACKs'. It … ellipsoideus for Wine, and Saccharomyces pasteurianus for CIDER. All yeasts are produced as a froth, also known as …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in business in 1995. Yarlington Mill is a variety of cider apple raised by the miller in the late 19th century. 98 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but no services; the croft may well have been ½ yardland, making the total holding of the halfyardlanders 1 hide. There … and cheese were sold, and, in one year, 92 gallons of cider. Farm servants comprised 3 ploughmen, 1 herdsman, 1 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… part of the parish, and the clay is well adapted for making tiles for roofing and draining, for which purpose the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and dairy farming, with particular emphasis on cheese-making. 82 In 1851 Yelford's two farms employed 12 labourers. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… converting the pig-iron into castings, with fineries for making the refined metal used by the tin-manufacturers. The …