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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… It provided a soft skin with a fine grain suitable for art work. Not found in the OED online as such, though 1664 for Abortive parchment under Abortive Found described as for drawing See also CASTLING SKIN. Sources: Tradecards. …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… declaring Newark and Inchgreen to be the two places for Glasgow for transportation of their herring. Edinburgh, 12 September … to the Earls of Argyle, Lauderdale, and Southesk, for investigation and report. Edinburgh, 15 October 1639. …
Survey of London
… the list of acknowledgments, and to them the Council again tenders its grateful thanks. For similar help received in the preparation of the present … College London, Library; Willett Estates; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. …
Survey of London
… volume must be to the Trustees of the Grosvenor Estate for their great courtesy in making available the records of … of the Trustees' solicitors, Boodle, Hatfield and Company. For the work of Fernand Billerey on the estate his widow, … on John Douglas and Samuel Wyatt respectively. The Council tenders its grateful thanks to the following individuals, …
Survey of London
… Acknowledgements Acknowledgments The Council tenders its thanks to all those individuals and institutions … in Water Colours; Royal Ocean Racing Club; Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Lord St. Oswald; …
Survey of London
… and the names of persons and institutions to whom it tenders its grateful thanks are listed below. Of individuals … Mr. Ian Anstruther and Mrs. Anstruther (Susan Walker) for their courtesy in giving access to the archives of the Alexander (Thurloe) estate and for their advice and information about its history; and Miss …
Survey of London
… Acknowledgments Acknowledgments The Council tenders its grateful thanks to all those individuals and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Acton's proximity to London had made it a summer retreat for courtiers and lawyers. Sir Richard Sutton bought the seat … century and afterwards of the duke of Kingston, was noted for its grounds. 82 The dowager countess of Leicester spent … urged a friend, in verse, to move there. 88 The fashion for medicinal waters brought a brief period of fame, with the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1612 left a rent charge on the adjacent Conduit close for its upkeep. 73 In 1755 a Chancery order confirmed the … of the rent charge. 74 In 1819 the rector paid for a new pump, as the conduit was in disrepair, and sunk a … drainage system. 8 In 1866 the local board sought tenders for the removal of house refuse 9 and in 1893 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Club, started in 1872, provided an important meeting place for the working class, despite some censure when one member … many social activities in the late 19th century: Baptists, for example, founded Acton Baptist cricket club and a … Acton Adult Schools, started c. 1894, also worked for temperance and against Sunday business, providing bible …