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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by chains; the sermon is preached from the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian … inhabitants. The township is bounded on the south by the river Coquet, and takes its name from the stream of the … from Pickering to Kirkby-Moorside, and eastward of the river Seven. Wrenbury (St. Margaret) WRENBURY ( St. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… probably reflected in the patent for a 'Powder for making black writing-ink, by mixing with water, beer, ale, or wine' … Cartridge too, Whited Brown, and Common Blue; Blotting, Black and Gold embos'd, Plain or Gilt, and Mourning Post; … sorts of Stationary Wares; as fine Writing-paper, gilt or black Edged' [Tradecards (1760)]. John Houghton had much …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… modern opening, and above it a stone panel with a raised black letter inscription, all weathered away except the last … bands of terra-cotta colour and white with stars, now black, possibly formerly gold, also on S. face of fourth bay …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary … the north the parish is bounded partly by Long Lane, the river Tern, and the road from Allscott to Watling Street at … but by 1367 it was back at the levels obtaining before the Black Death, a fact perhaps suggesting a population recovery. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, which bounds the parish on the north. In the … passed through the centre of the station, and crossed the river at Wroxeter Ford, from which point it branched off … containing 363 inhabitants. It lies on the navigable river Bure, and comprises about 1300 acres, of which the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… it amounted to some 2,000, 5,000, and 4,300 dozens of 'black' and 'bald' ironstone. In 1761 Richard Reynolds of … from the nearby Donnington Wood blast furnaces. In 1805 'black rock stone' was brought from Lord Craven's land in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… premises. 24 That year the C.E. school building was again black-listed, and in 1964 the new Wrockwardine Wood C.E. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of arable and livestock farming in the parish before the Black Death, sheep farming seems not to have been of great … the parish was apparently always that at Allscott, on the river Tern. It was probably the mill worth 12 s. in 1086. 1 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the remainder a fertile tract extending southward to the river Derwent. Wykeham Abbey, the seat of the Hon. Marmaduke … for its importance to the foundation of a priory of Black monks, at first a cell to the abbey of St. Alban's, by … church contains some very ancient gravestones. A priory of Black canons in honour of St. Lawrence, was founded here in …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… and above the said Brig of Glasgow, on either bank of the river Clyde, possessed by them and their predecessors; with free privilege of the water and river of Clyde, trade and traffic thereof, and others …