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A History of the County of Gloucester
… was fairly high owing to the livelihood provided by the fisheries and river trade. In 1608 136 men employed in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the chief characteristic of the surrounding scenery. The fisheries, which are rented of the crown, are for common and …
Old and New London
… barns, stables, dove-houses, orchards, gardens, pools, fisheries, waters, ditches, lands, meadows, and pastures." …
A History of the County of Somerset
… had been abandoned or converted to residential use. FISHERIES There was a fishery at Sowy in 1189. A thousand eels were due from another fishery. 15 Three fisheries were farmed out c. 1260 16 and in 1308 Statheweir …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… a half long and a league broad, 20 a. of meadow, and three fisheries rendering 2,000 eels. Both before and after the … 37 In the 13th century and later, Fountains abbey enjoyed fisheries in both the Derwent and in Alemar, the 'eel pond', …