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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… W W Wacher (or Wacker), John, London, cm (177889). Believed to be of … cm (174041). In 1740 took app. named Johnson and in 1741, Marsh. [S of G, app. index] Winstanley, John, Liverpool, cm … of 550. Of this 300 was for stock and utensils. At 17 Wapping Dock St, 181113. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 446, ref. …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… (5) SP/29/418/199 (6) VIN, Appr Prec, 13 Jun 1654 WADE (or WAAD), Timothy Co Co Cripplegate Within, 1660 Ald … £420 (1) St Olave Hart Street, 1652, Abridge, Essex, 1665, Wapping, Middx, 1677 (2) DR, fr, 1650, by Isaac Gould, L, … Tory, not Whig (4) (1) Not 1676 in SP/29/387/155 (2) Bower Marsh (ed), The Records of the Worshipful Company of …
A Dictionary of London
… two culverts formed directly in the bed of the stream, at or near its base at the time of the construction of the wall, … in early records are classified according as they lay east or west of the Walbrook. It had several bridges over it at … view that has suggested itself as to the formation of the marsh or fen to the north of the City known as Moorfields. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WAINFLEET, a market-town, in the union of Spilsby, Marsh division of the wapentake of Candleshoe, parts of … It comprises 972 acres, of which 450 are common or waste land. A school was erected in 1680, by James … a pleasing appendage to the town, called St. John's, or St. John's Place. A public library and newsroom is …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… was a manor which Adestan had, and paid for it to the geld or tax of those times as ten bovats . There Roger the man of … of Blyth, the seat of the said Roger de Busli, whose man or tenant Roger, the said William succeeded in his tenency in … that the defendents had digged turfes in a certain marsh and made ditches which hindred the common, but the jury …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the rest of the Mainland by a narrow isthmus. Papa-Stour, or Great Papa, is on the north of Sandness, about two miles … six acres; but in general they only comprise about two or three acres of arable land, with a portion of meadow or … it, now called Dogden Moss. The term Struther signifies "a marsh." The lands anciently formed part of the parish of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Walland Marsh WALLAND MARSH IS a large level of marsh-land, part of … is in general called Romney Marsh, lying on the other or western side of the high wall, called the Rhee-wall. It … Marsh, already described before. At the depth of three or four feet under the surface of the ground, in many places …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the guns measured ten feet in length; all were of wrought or hammered iron, and were provided with rings to allow them … inhabitants. This place derives its name from a great wall or embankment raised by the Romans to prevent the … are arable, 2785 meadow and pasture, and about 60 salt-marsh; the soil is various, and the scenery in some parts …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was made on Twelfth Night of a penny for every resident or visitor in Walsall and Rushall parishes. The cost of the … The inmates were to be chosen by the vicar of Walsall or his deputy, with the consent of the lord of Rushall. The … lapsed. Victor Street Alms-houses. By deed of 1868 Edward Marsh and Harriet Lyon of Walsall settled twelve cottages on …
A History of the County of Stafford
… but it was subsequently rebuilt by either the county or the turnpike trustees and ceased to be a corporation … 2 There were several early bridges over Sneyd (or Bentley) Brook on the western boundary. Sneyd bridge on … in 1799 under an Act of 1794. It ended at a wharf in Marsh Lane near Townend Bank. 15 A tramway between the wharf …