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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… outwards. The Books of Rates include different rates for black and white Budge. The SKIN was cut into two for trading, … OED earliest date of use: 1382 as Budge Found described as BLACK, NAVARRAN, OLD, RUMNEY, TAWED, UNTAWED, WHITE Found … very cheaply at less than 12d a yard, though when dyed black they sometimes cost nearly double that, possibly …
A Dictionary of London
… D.S. Vol, XVII. p. 214). It seems to have been called the Black Bull (q.v.) in 1625, (End Ch. Rep. St. Peter, Cornhill, … (O.S. 1880). First mention : Lockie, 1810. Former name : "Black Bull Inn" (O. and M. 1677-Horwood, 1799). Site now … The site is shown on the O.S. 1875. Former name : "Black Bull Inn" (1615, H. MSS. Com. 8th Rep. 435b. Strype, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… (3), of William Etgos, April 1482, and Margaret his wife, black-letter inscription, fragmentary plate; (4), of William … In the N. aisle, N.E. corner (5), of John Sculthorp, 1744. black-painted tablet with inscription on shield, crossed palm …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… ft. above OD. On the W. of the brook is a large area of black soil with a low mound of iron slag 1 m. high, while a …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… escaped." In the title of the original is a rude cut of a Black dog. "A Straunge and terrible Wunder wrought very late … and there present, A Dog as they might discerne it, of a black colour; at the sight wherof, together with the fearful … that they thought doomes day was alread'y come. "This Black Dog, or the Divel in such a likenesse (God hee knoweth …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… heath, that part of the park, parts of the forest called Black Vault and Coal coppice, and c. 25 a. north of Leigh … leased c. 130 a. of woodland on Durley heath and Black Vault to the Forestry Commission for 999 years, 91 and in 1950 sold Coal coppice, the rest of Black Vault, and the former Durley warren, c. 215 a. in all, …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… and unmixed with earth; the whole of which appeared quite black, a great part of it resembling a coarse powder. This … one side, and slightly convex on the reverse; of a dingy black colour, interspersed with dull red spots: they are … now occupies. The following inscription, in good and firm black letter, is cut across it, in one line: From which it …
Survey of London
… letters with strokes of equal thickness, in gilt on black, may date from the installation of new glass in the …
Survey of London
… of nearly 2300. 231 At the same time 'the common red and black tiles' with which the entrance hall had been paved were replaced by 'black and white marble slabs after the pattern of the old …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… three sons and two daughters, with part of inscription in black-letter; on same slab, (7) of Thomas 'Eyer', 1581, lord … sons, and three daughters, with two inscriptions, one in black-letter, on separate plate an acrostic on the name … divided into three cottages (see Plate, p. 12), N. of the Swan Inn, is of two storeys, and is timber-framed, with …