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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Agriculture AGRICULTURE Notwithstanding its important role in the 18th-century Industrial Revolution, 1 Shropshire was … crop surpluses, and particularly the growing of cereals on relatively marginal land. For a five-year period payments … and the farmers were inevitably cosy: the Severn-Trent Water Authority's Shropshire Groundwater Scheme, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 40 degrees, while the mean of the whole year is 50 degrees on the higher ground north of London, and 51 degrees in the Thames Valley. Rainfall varies much more considerably … The soil is clay, mixed with gravel and loam. ( b) Stoke Newington, Clapton, Hackney, Bethnal Green, Stepney. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… c. 1500 c. 1793 Sketch map of farming countries In the 16th century Wiltshire, excluding enclaves, … a supply of straw, fodder, and food for consumption on the farm and for the restoration of grassland depleted by … area appropriated to family farms. The rate of decline at Stoke Farthing, in Broad Chalke, was about 23 times as great …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Agriculture 1793-1870 AGRICULTURE c. 1793 c. 1870 In 1794 T. Davis wrote: 'The agricultural pursuits of the … semi-scientific experiments discussed or ridiculed on market-day or at rent dinners; improvement in seed, stock, … (Berwick St. James, Donhead St. Andrew, Winterbourne Stoke 1871), demolition of houses (Little Cheverell 1851 and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… appears also to have been used for other purposes, such as in HAIRPOWDER, since this practice was prohibited in 1711 … HOODs and scarves. Valuation vary considerably depending on width, finish and fashionablity, but have been noted in … in the production of ale by 1700, including Burton on Trent, as noted by one foreign visitor [Diaries …
Survey of London
… the former Melbourne House built by Sir William Chambers in 17714 for the first Lord Melbourne. Behind the mansion two … north to Burlington Gardens were built by Henry Holland in 18023 when the mansion was reconstructed internally for occupation in apartments. Melbourne House was built on the site of an earlier house dating from the …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… Aldermen in Parliament ALDERMEN OF LONDON IN PARLIAMENT. Until the Stuart period, and indeed until the … found in Parliament except as representatives of the City. On the other hand it has been, from the earliest period to …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… Aldermen in Parliament for other constituencies B. ALDERMEN IN … and died a month later whereupon that office was conferred on Heneage Finch, who was representing West Looe] 16241625 M. … were re-elected, the last-named exchanging Coleraine for Stoke-on-Trent. Sir James Duke (then Sheriff and Common …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… Draper (again) [Sworn same day] 9 Discharged, being in the service of the King, and not having sufficient … Annual Elections, the Alderman entering into Office on March 12.] March 12, 1377 18 William Wodehous, Skinner (S. … most probable that such was the case. The facts recorded in the Letter Books and Husting Rolls at Guildhall are as …
Old and New London
… Palmer, of BathProcession of the Mail Coaches on the King's BirthdayThe Money Order OfficeRowland Hill's … New BuildingsThe Telegraph DepartmentOld Houses in Aldersgate StreetThe "Bull and Mouth"Milton's … down by order of the Lord Mayor and aldermen; but rebuilt in 1618, the expense (more than 1,000) being defrayed out of …