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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… that the fibres had reached; hence phrases like 'upon the bobbins', 'at whitening', or 'upon poles' (that is, hung outside to bleach), 'in the oil', …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to have passed through on his way to Weymouth and remarked upon the new Yarlington Lodge. 8 MANORS The 10 hides at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the tenants are to any appreciable extent dependent upon the price of corn'. 1 Sheep were still kept in the 19th …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his fidelity, that monarch … which purpose the Marquess of Tweeddale has erected a mill upon his lands. Yester House, the seat of the marquess, is a … the privilege of grazing their cattle, and cutting turf, upon the common; and about 500 acres adjacent to the two …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Sands, N. division of Lancashire, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Burton-in-Kendal; containing 322 inhabitants. Anciently, … division of the county of Lancaster, 3 miles (S. W.) from Burton-in-Kendal; containing 228 inhabitants. This township …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Bampton for at least 50 years, had called occasionally upon the services of Bampton's overseers, but paid for its …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… but the number of persons employed is uncertain, depending upon the fluctuating demand for the produce. This township, … for a rentcharge of 160. The church has been rebuilt upon a more commodious site, in the later style of English … school is held, in connexion with the Established Church. Upon the summit of a gravelly hill near the village are some …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tributary kings and foreign ambassadors, conferred upon it a distinction almost unsurpassed among the cities of … he encamped near the confluence of the rivers Humber and Trent, and, after a severe and obstinate battle, obtained a … only woods to the east of the Wolds are those of Rise and Burton-Constable. The fine elevations of the Wolds have been …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… plan and elevations of Clifford's Tower are based upon drawings prepared in the former Office of Works and the first-floor plan and section upon drawings by J. Ridsdale Tate; the plans and elevations … of the 18th-century court and prison buildings are based upon drawings by Mr. Kenneth Ward. Clifford's Tower (Pls. 18; …
Survey of London Monograph
… to his third wife Anne Mynne. Noble names him York 'upon the authority of the Wriothesley's pedigrees in which he …