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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… mainly consist of oak, common and mountain ash, elm, and beech, and the plantations of larch, and spruce and Scotch … firs; along the banks of the Tay, are some remarkably fine beech-trees. The substratum, in the lower lands, is chiefly … comprising larch, spruce, Scotch fir, elm, ash, plane, and beech, have been formed on the hills, and on the moors of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Oak timber was mentioned in the park in 1244 95 and 1280, beech between 1280 96 and 1722, 97 and maple in 1661. 98 In … and Houghton, was let to the Forestry Commission; 71 beech, sweet chestnut, and conifers grew there in 1987. Other … a small part of the Little park was wooded in 1570, 89 but beech trees grew there in 1625. 90 After c. 1815 the park was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which 1350 acres are in cultivation; there are 70 acres of beech-wood, 250 of coppice, and 100 common. The living is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… yards W.S.W. of the church, has been heightened. a(18). Beech House, on the N. side of the street, 800 yards W.S.W. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… said to be a common wood measuring 200 a. and planted with beech trees of 80 years' growth, 15 and in 1656 it was said …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… buff, 33ft. Japanned buff chests and 18 black stained beech chairs with rush seats, for which the total bill was … in 1760 and Lees in 1762. [S of G, app. index] Beach (or Beech), Richard, 19 Straight, Lincoln, cm and u (182241). … [D] Beaumont, John, London, cm (180120). Addresses at 45 Beech St, Barbican, 180103; at no. 7, 180415; and 12 …
University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)
University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)
… Hamilton: Birkbeck C. Bath, Philip Ernest: King's College. Beech, William Cecil: Battersea Polytechnic. Branch, Leslie …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… chiefly of pine and larch, interspersed with birch, oak, beech, ash, and a few other trees; they are of comparatively … of a rock; and in the grounds of Crathes Castle, is a beech-tree, 25 feet in girth, and 60 feet high. Crathes …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… boxes were made of 'the thin lamina of scale of this wood [BEECH] (as our Cutlers call it)' [Houghton], though they were … of trade. OED earliest date of use: 1631 Found made of BEECH, LEATHER, PAPER Sources: Houghton, Inventories (early), …