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A History of the County of Sussex
… until the 1850s. 95 About 1773 Thomas Wicks 96 was making red bricks in Worthing. He later discovered on … outside the town in the 19th century. 21 A clay-pipe-making industry, centred on Anchor Lane, later Lyndhurst …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 4 which had become a National school by c. 1823. 5 Net-making was taught in 1824 and later, the boys receiving part …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… fined for erecting a dwelling, enclosing waste land and making a garden (Stamford Baron, Court Rolls, April 1830). …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… square-headed window, of uncertain date, much defaced with cement. The South Porch is entirely of early 14th-century … The timber-framing of the walls has been restored with cement, and the filling is whitewashed. At the E. end is a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… are probably reflected in the patent for a 'Powder for making black writing-ink, by mixing with water, beer, ale, or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on the banks of the stream; besides six flour-mills. Lace-making affords employment to more than 1000 of the … 2002 inhabitants, many of whom are employed in lace-making and the manufacture of chairs. The parish comprises by … of England, were born here. Several years since, in making a sunk fence on the grounds of Olantigh, two human …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the works there were pattern shops, a foundry capable of making castings weighing up to 60 tons, a smithy with steam …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Thomas Binnell dug clay on Rushmoor for brick and tile making. 18 A brick kiln east of the Wrockwardine-Admaston …