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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… an inscription to the tutelar genius of the place; an altar dedicated to the household and other gods by lius … tabernacles, containing half-length figures. Behind the altar, to which is an ascent of fifteen steps, and separating … produce also great quantities of black and blue superfine cloths of distinguished merit. Until of late years, when …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in Yorkshire. Kerridge suggests that weaving of most such cloths was done by small farmers in the Peak District as a … like Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds. There the cloths were fulled, frizzed and perhaps dyed. Some Yorkshire cloths were renowned for their capacity to keep out the wet, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… formerly single lancets in the E. and W. walls and the altar and piscina were on the E. The windows in the S. wall … It was described as 'handsome and beautiful ... with Altar handsomly railed in, and the Pavement black and white … centre with the felons and convicts around the walls. The altar was against the W. wall with the pulpit to the N. 117 …
Survey of London
… there was also all the walls of the gallery hanged with cloths of gold and tissue of divers makings, and cloths of silver likewise on both sides; and rich cloths of baudkin of divers colours. There hung also the …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… churches, and of the advowson of the chantry to the Altar of S t Michael the Archangel in the church of … a fifth part of the advowson of the chantry to the Altar of S t Edmund in the church of Hunton, and 2 parts of the advowson of the chantry to the Altar of S t Stephen in the Cathedral Church of York. Richard …