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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… [Inventories (1670)]. It appears to have been common in trade terminology to combine the unit of packing and/or the unit of measure with the name of the commodity, to … also called a Vandyke. It could be with or without LACE and was much worn in the seventeenth century, succeeding the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… its name from the saint to whom its church is dedicated, and who, according to the traditional testimony on the … of Llanstephan Place, with the mansion, and the luxuriant plantations above it; on one side the venerable and … and a fuller account under that of Glamorganshire. The trade, which is very inconsiderable, consists chiefly in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… inhabitants. This place is in the vicinity of Duntocher, and is one of several villages within a mile of each other on … tillage, and about the same quantity in natural wood and plantations; the low parterres of Kelburn, the richest in … stove-grates, and various other articles for the home trade and for exportation. There are four tanneries near the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Brightwalton; Brimpton; Chieveley With Leck-Hampstead And Winter-Bourne; Frilsham; Hampstead Norris; Peasemore; … industry, which was then passing through a period of trade depression. 11 The hundred of 'Roeberg' took its name … between Newbury and Speen, the alluvium is narrow, and a trade route seems to have crossed the valley in early days. …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… river Coln 13 km. east of Cirencester, was a market town and borough by the 12th century. The town, situated in an … a total of 148 a. of woods, 7 including later-18th-century plantations in Fairford park immediately north of the town. 8 … lived in Fairford in 1381 17 and an emblem of that trade is carved on the church tower. The fishing rights were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… FALKINGHAM, or Folkingham ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Bourne, wapentake of Aveland, … here, beautifully situated amongst extensive and thriving plantations, and many fine specimens of timber surround the … proceeded rapidly, and the town became a place of great trade. Soon after 1670, Sir Peter Killigrew, Bart., …
A Survey of London
… Infra or within Faringdon ward within.; Faringdon extra, and Faringdon infra, all one ward, and then diuided into twain, by parliament. Faringdon ward … of that name, which lyeth without the wals of the citie, and is therfore called Farindon extra. These two wardes of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which 380 are arable, 247 meadow, 130 woodland, 138 in hop plantations, and the remainder orchard; the surface rises gradually from … in the king's books at 6. 10. 5.; net income, 459; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the townships of Barton, Churton, Clutton, and Crewe, 999 inhabitants, of whom 521 are in the township … Chester. This parish is situated on the road to Wrexham, and bounded on the west by the river Dee, which separates it … in hop-grounds, 977 meadow, 640 pasture, 1276 wood and plantations, and upwards of 2500 waste. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of St. Thomas, hundred of East Budleigh, Woodbury and S. divisions of Devon, 6 miles (E.) from Exeter; … is generally clayey, alternated slightly with red sand and gravel. A few females are employed in making pillow-lace. … and formerly constituted a prominent source of trade, but it has much declined. The company of free …