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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… had been in Norwich, then the main furniture making town in East Anglia, as in an advertisement of 21 … for double gilding the Iron worke for ye Couch, 2 10s; for making the large couch w th baggs of Downe, & borders of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it, and the Grand Junction canal runs upon its borders. Lace-making employs some of the inhabitants. There is a place of … is agricultural; the females are employed in pillow-lace making. The village was nearly all burnt down in 1813. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… together with the ditch and rampart has been destroyed in making or widening the road. The making of the road on the N.E. has also destroyed and defaced …
A History of the County of Sussex
… tea lawn with lily pool. 76 They remained notable in 1995, making ingenious use of the small site. A manor at BILSHAM … and piano teacher. After 1922 Albert James ran a business making toy motor cars. 90 There was a builder in 1845 and … finance was received from school pence, the vicar making up the shortfall. 65 By 1874-5 there was also a …
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 … AMBER, ARSENIC, BATH METAL, BAYS, BEAD, BED, BED LACE, BENGAL, BIRDS EYE, BLANKET, BOWL, BROADCLOTH, BUCKLE, … DORNICK - YARN, DRAM, DRUGGET, DUTCH METAL, EBONY, EDGING LACE, FIDDLE, FLANNEL, FRINGE, FURNITURE, GALLIPOT, GARDEN …
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 …
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 …