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Old and New London
… the brass butt-ends of fishing-rods, with thin coils of wire running around and between them, is one of the most … attention is called by a clerk to a fault in the wire which he is working, each one of which has a separate … "by milliners, sempstresses, and such as sell a sort of copper lace called St. Martin's lace, for which it is of …
A History of the County of Essex
… the chancel. 80 A silver chalice was stolen in 1552 and a copper one shortly afterwards. 81 In 1684 there was a silver …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… of Organ, Total Amount25070 June 29 th By W. Mountain, Wire Gauze for Church Staircase and fitting up4500 At a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Capitulis (from 1602). Hawksmoor's letter (1715) and copper plates (171721). BP = Papers concerning the building …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ore containing ninety-six ounces of silver in each ton. Copper has also been found in the same vein with the lead, … and in many instances the same mine has been worked for copper-ore of excellent quality, and lead-ore rich in silver. … into crystals of every form and hue; and, where the yellow copper-ore and pyrites are intermingled, nothing can exceed …
A History of the County of Stafford
… from Ashbourne via Alstonefield village to visit the copper mines at Ecton, in Wetton. 95 It was the route … notably at Milldale. 65 Plot mentioned that there was copper ore around Beresford, though it had never been thought … digging. 66 In the 1840s, however, it was stated that copper had been mined there. 67 Miners, some of them lead …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the 18th and 19th centuries lead was mined at Warslow and copper at Upper Elkstone. Until the early 19th century the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… by 1784 by miners who worked the duke of Devonshire's copper mines at Ecton. 44 As mining at Ecton declined in the … licensed four other Derbyshire men to dig for lead and copper in Alstonefield parish for 18 years, paying him 1/9 of … joint stock company, the North Staffordshire Lead and Copper Mining Co., the Warslow mines were exploited on a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… W. Tower, with scrolled wrought iron standard and hollow copper cock; 19th century. Secular (2) Manor House …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are limestone-quarries in the township of Cotton, and some copper-mines at Ribden; and a paper-mill is in operation. The …