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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… justices were instructed to permit the movement of corn there and to prevent a price rise. 199 They were ordered … that 'very few or none at all of the great farmers of corn or such as had store of grain to sell' made their … on a former occasion. There were few, if any, badgers or corn jobbers. A number of millers seemed to be cornering …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… work in connexion with production and distribution. When corn was scarce during the Restoration period, restrictions … placed upon malting, and regulations made for the sale of corn at market. 205 In the 18th century a sharp eye was kept … sex'. At Devizes there was a handmill for grinding prison corn and the treadmill. The chaplain there considered that …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a turn at the capstan. 60 Later a crank-mill for grinding corn was introduced, but although the work went on throughout …
The Environs of London
… which, it is probable, this convent possessed by some exchange with the priory of the Holy Trinity.See the account …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… this parish, and of Covenham St. Mary, were commuted for corn-rents, under an inclosure act, in 1793. The glebe … and Friday, is held in various parts of the town; for corn, in the Cross-cheaping, a spacious area enlarged by the … The village is pleasantly situated, and a market for corn is held in it every alternate Wednesday. The living is a …
A Dictionary of London
… Cooper, a large householder in the parish of St. Michael Corn-hill, temp. Jas. I. Extensive vaults under the Court …
Old and New London
… carry a knapsack." Her new admirer therefore resolved to exchange the army for the Church, and became vicar of … a German doctor," who resided "over against the New Exchange in Bedford Street, at the sign of the Peacock, where …
Survey of London
… to buy and convert the Floral Hall into a foreign fruit exchange in 1887. 97 It was in this new mart that bananas, …