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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… gum edere; gu' hedere] The thickened juice of the stem of ivy. According to John Gerard, this GUM 'killeth nits and … in retailers' stock. OED earliest date of use: c1550as Gum ivy Found in units of OZ Found in the Rate Books among the …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… to the cause and to the public, but it hath been, as the ivy cleaves to the oak, which is to the end to climb up by …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1904 30 save for a round tower which survived beneath ivy in 1992. 31 Building between c. 1830 and 1870 32 was … ii. 18. Listed as a folly: List of Bldgs. (1975). An ivy-clad 'chimney' abutted the conservatory in 1850: Keane, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… unmarried women opened in 1894 by Mrs. Bramwell Booth at Ivy House, on the corner of Mare Street and Richmond Road. It …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… is said to be inscribed a 16th-century date, hidden by the ivy. The chimney stack is of late 16th-century brick. Inside …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stone ornaments, and a great part of it is covered with ivy: the north front was built in 1674 by Sir Gilbert …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of a circular tower. The ruins are finely mantled with ivy, and have a very picturesque appearance. To the west of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… and the upper part of the S. chimney is hidden by ivy. a(29). House, now two cottages, at Frieth, 2 miles …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Elm House and Belsize Lodge were replaced c. 1875 by Ivy Bank, which survived until 1911. 25 John Lund, who bought … marooned in their gardens disappeared in the 1890s. The Ivy Bank (Elm House) estate south of Belsize Lane was for … old no. 27/15 (sales parts. 1841). S.C.L., LH Folios/Ivy Bank (photo. before 1875); card index. W.A.M. 16617; poor …