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A History of the County of Hampshire
… with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present area of the city is 1,906 acres, that … or rents in the city or suburb and all who lived by trade and 'got gain' to contribute to the repair of the walls …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and political status 3 rather than to any deliberate trade organization. Whether the gild merchant existed before …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is large, and possesses a considerable and increasing trade in the weaving of stockings, for which about 200 frames … be applied yearly in setting up two young persons in their trade, having served seven years' apprenticeship; and 10 in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… baths. About a century since, the principal articles of trade were, oil, for the preparation of which there were … as a sea-port has much increased of late years, and the trade has been greatly augmented. The main exports are corn, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… manors, has outstripped the Old Market as a centre of trade. By 1492 there were 115 tenants of the bishop in the … and was due no doubt to the damage done by railways to the trade of the port. For the next generation the population of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… with the prosperity of 1251, is partly due to the blow to trade caused by the diversion of the Ouse to the Lynn …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… little used for this purpose, merchants preferring to trade in the street. From 1831 the building was let out for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of 3 to 12 tons. They were used for the corn and coal trade by 7 owners employing 12 watermen. 5 In 1576 there was … was made, by constructing a 2½-mile cut. 13 In 1680 the trade of Wisbech had increased sufficiently for the port to … the railway shortly afterwards was a severe blow to this trade, 31 another 'peak' export of 67,782 quarters was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… any people in the town', it was said, 'but what are in trade; even Sir Philip Vavasor 69 is a merchant, and trades …