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Old and New London
… LewesSt. Olave's Grammar SchoolGreat Fires at the Wharves in Tooley StreetDeath of Braidwood, the FiremanThe "Lion and … YardKeach's Meeting-houseAbsence of Singing in Dissenting Meeting-houses two Centuries agoQueen … Description of Horselydown and the adjacent Neighbourhood in Former TimesDockhead"Shad Thames"Jacob's Island. In a …
Survey of London
… 1 giving the rents received by the Chapel of St. Mary in 13924 mentions the receipt of 12d. in respect of a certain vacant place lying between "Rouncevale" and the hermitage. In the account for 14056 2 is an item concerning ten shops at …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… Social Life and Conditions Social Life and Conditions In 1771 a young gentleman-merchant from Hull, R. C. Broadley, … The visit cost him £5 18 s., of which, as he noted in his journal, 17 s. 6 d. was for the subscription to and … 2 s. 6 d. for the theatre, and 10 s. 6 d. for lodgings. 77 In that brief account Broadley encapsulated the main elements …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… with an enamelled bird figure. 4 Now lost. D. F. Allen in IASB, 200. In the Corinium Museum. RIB, I, No. 136. TBGAS, XI (18867), 336. In the Ashmolean Museum (Sir John Evans Collection). …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… is a list of bibliographic references to all works used in addition to the material provided by the Dictionary Archive. In the first column references appear in alphabetical order in the shortened form used in the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Bice - Bitter almond Bice [byse; bise] Originally in French a brownish grey, or dark or dull blue colour, 'bis' was erroneously transferred in English, to the PIGMENTs, BLUE BICE and GREEN BICE, and … of blue or green which they yield. The blue pigment was in the nineteenth century prepared from SMALT, though in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bielby - Billingford Bielby BIELBY, a chapelry, in the parish of Hayton, union of Pocklington, Holme-Beacon … Oxford: the village, which is of neat appearance, is in the vicinity of the Pocklington canal. The tithes were commuted in 1814 for an allotment of land: the chapel is an ancient …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Bills brought in this Session 15 June 1626 Bills brought in this Session. Bills brought in this Session. An Act for the better preserving of His …
A History of the County of Essex
… Castle (sometimes referred to as Birch Hall) was held in 1066 by Edric, and afterwards by Ingelric, and in 1086 of … and their successors, certainly until 1576 when Arthur Golding succeeded his brother Henry, and possibly until 1586 … Great Birch and Easthorpe manors until 1598 when Arthur Golding sold it to John Petre, Lord Petre. 38 In 1605 John …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Birkenshaw BIRKENSHAW, an ecclesiastical district, in the parish of Birstal, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of … from Leeds; containing 3000 inhabitants, of whom 1803 are in the hamlet. This place, which is situated at the junction … and Halifax, and Dewsbury and Bradford turnpike-roads, in the heart of a district abounding with coal, iron-ore, and …
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