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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… orders carried on responds, the E. being half-round with water-holding base and moulded capital enriched with nailhead … a former window. The arch has attached nook-shafts, water-holding bases, moulded capitals and a label with head … head alone remains (Fig. 67). The arcade has round piers, water-holding bases and square plinths of rough masonry. The …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Tradecards. Eating oil [eating] By analogy with 'Eating water', which was water fit to drink [Wright (1898-1905)], it was presumably an … Eau d'arquebusade The French term for HARQUEBUSADE WATER, which was a lotion regarded as a specific for gunshot …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… each 100 feet span, and 20 feet above the level of the water; and here is a station on the line. The chapel is … Sow, contains some good houses, and is amply supplied with water; it is about 2 miles distant from the Norton-Bridge …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in Ticklerton were privately supplied with spring water by 1946 11 and c. 1952 two pairs of council houses were … were always the most numerous livestock. 35 There were water mills at Eaton in the 13th and 14th centuries 36 and … re Meadowbrook's construction. A. H. S. Waters, Rep. on Water Supply (S.C.C. 1946), 74. Inf. from Mr. A. B. Dakers. …
A Dictionary of London
… upon the charnell at Seint Mary Spitall, wythout Bisshops Gate is mentioned by Arnold in his Chronicle, p. 255, in his …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in air and so can move overland. The true Eels are fresh water fish that migrate to the sea to spawn. The ones caught in running water may be recognised by the colour of their skin, light … these were probably those labelled 'silver eels' or 'fresh water eels' [For example, May (1685, facs.1994), 353, 356]. …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… (7 James I., cap. ix., 1609) gave the power of bringing water by means of engines from Hackney Marsh to supply the City of London with water, the profits to go to the College. Dr. Sutcliffe died …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Arms: On gallery-frontof Queen Anne, in carved wood. Rain-water Heads: On exteriorwith date 1707. Stalls: mostly … shafts with moulded bases and capitals carved with large 'water-leaves'; above it is part of the weathering of an … overthrow, with the arms of the University; flanking the gate are rusticated stone piers, with cornices and vases. …