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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… A circular pedestal table of c. 180520 in Colchester Museum bears such a label inscribed T. WALFORD/CABINET MAKER, … a child's chair of this type being in the Bradford Museum. Chairmaking was subsequently to become an important … some routine mahogany bedroom pieces all of 1772. Bailey's British Directory, 1784 records Edward Elwick & Son, …
Alumni Oxonienses
… whose celebrated collection the Harleian MSS. are in the British museum; died 6 July, 1726, buried in St. Marylebone church. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wren, its original works are now on loan to the Museum of the History of Science. The next work of importance …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Fitzwilliam is president, has a valuable and well-assorted museum. The theatre, in Westgate, was erected by James Banks, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Society which in 1986 became the East Anglian Railway Museum. In 1996 the Museum owned the whole site except the track and platform for … beer festival has been held at the East Anglian Railway Museum. In the early 20th century most houses in the parish …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lease from Lord Braybrooke, for the benefit of the town. A museum was erected within the grounds in 1835, which contains …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2780 inhabitants. The name is derived from the ancient British word Guallen, or the Roman Vallum, each signifying … and present many fine views; it contains a well-selected museum of natural history. Most of the land is tithe-free; a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… On Starthope Hill, in Wandell, are the remains of a British camp, inclosed by a circular rampart of earth and … inhabitants, was built some few years since by the North British Fishery Society, for the encouragement of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… and consequent liability for its repair. 66 In 1887 the museum committee of the borough council assumed …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 322; O.S. Map 6", Staffs. LVII. SE. (1887 edn.); ex inf. British Railways, London Midland Region (1972). Clinker, …