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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 marble …
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 …
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 History of the County of Shropshire
… court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of bloodshed, the hue and cry, and a gallows. 25 Two …