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A History of the County of Gloucester
… usual controls of local government, fostered individualism and disdain for authority. 93 An introspective society … Tump and Bilson. 56 Dean's miners first formed a trade union in 1871. 57 In the later 19th century the Liberal … bridge in 1874 94 came to dominate the town's retail trade. 95 The society's penny bank for children had 700 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Survey affords conclusive evidence of the widespread and considerable character of the woods of Middlesex in the … was not only an invaluable material for building purposes and a necessity as fuel, but the acorns and beech-mast were … hickories, and other trees into English gardens and plantations. Ray, the distinguished naturalist, visited the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in fact it was, in the main, woodland down to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The ancient chase of Woodstock lay to the north of Oxford, and adjoined the considerable forest of Wychwood on the west. … in which he gave special attention to the woods, plantations, and wastes. 50 He describes the produce of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… volume, West Cambridgeshire, published in 1968. Terrain and geological conditions in the western part of the county … possible to study the history of the drainage of the fens and its influence upon the landscape. In north-east … dwellings for families associated with the waterborne trade of the fenlands. Investigation has brought to light a …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… been the publication of original research in its field, and its annual Journal has built up a high reputation over … issues such as Dr P. Eames's Medieval Furniture (1977) and Mr F. Bamford's Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture Makers … repetitious tasks such as searching through long runs of trade directories, insurance registers, newspapers and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… by E.) from Cupar; containing, with the villages of East and West Newport, and Woodhaven, 1219 inhabitants. This place … cultivation, 600 pasture and meadow, and 400 woodland and plantations. The surface is in some parts pleasingly … pass through the parish; the chief communication for trade is with Banff, Portsoy, Macduff, Inverury, and Huntly, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (All Saints) FORNHAM ( All Saints), a parish, in the union and hundred of Thingoe, W. division of Suffolk, 2 miles (N. … Westley annexed, valued in the king's books at 19. 10. 5., and in the patronage of Clare Hall, Cambridge: the tithes … by a spacious park and pleasure-grounds, adorned with plantations and some of the finest oak-trees in the county. …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… 1321, when Edward II licensed the building of a ditch and a crenellated wall of stone and lime. 1 The licence was supported by a grant of murage … gates in 1606, and a room over the gate was let to several trade companies in 1607. 26 Myton and Low Gates were both …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… Fortifications and buildings The castle FORTIFICATIONS AND BUILDINGS. THE CASTLE. MOST historians agree that this strong and important fortress was built by Robert Curthose, the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of deep dry valleys. Parts of the boundary on the north and west also follow dry valleys, and a prehistoric earthwork marks part of the boundary on the … by 1879. Only the garden walls survived in 1998. Three plantations of trees stood south, east, and south-west of the …