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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… was declared to be 'most excellent for Stewing Eels, Pike, Carp, Tench, &c.' [Tradecards (18c.)], and was therefore what …
A History of the County of Sussex
… on a large scale. In the 1710s it was being stocked with carp and tench, and in 1724 with carp and pike. A Mr. Southwell bought 1,350 fish from it in … was let, the lord of Knepp manor reserving 50 of the best carp and six of the largest pike at every fishing of it, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to a much greater extent, produces trout, pike, perch, carp, eels, shad, flounders, lampreys, &c. On the … gudgeons, chub, roach, and dace (in great abundance), carp, a few lampreys, and ruff. The fishermen commonly use a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… which abounds with trout brought from Loch Leven, and with carp and tench of superior quality. The hills that encompass …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… anglers. Among fish less common in the area are chub and carp. Burbot, although once found in Cambridgeshire, have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fin, and 10,500 bream, roach, perch, tench, rudd, and carp. From 1891 to 1906 the Oxford Angling Society has placed … the University Parks at Oxford there are some very large carp, which are said to have escaped into the river from a …