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A History of the County of York North Riding
… of Rawcliffe: On a cheveron between three lions' heads a chess rook. The feet rest on a lion, from whose mouth issues …
A History of the County of Hertford
… the centre of the parish of Rickmansworth. The Rivers Chess and Gade flow in from the north and are parted by a low … Henderson, J.P. Beyond, the road curves, and crossing the Chess ascends a steep hill. At the foot of the hill and on the Chess is a large modern plaster and timber house known as …
A History of the County of Rutland
… to the present day. Bodenham. Azure a fesse between three chess rooks or. An estate in Ryhall comprising about 280 …
A History of the County of Hertford
… west, where the ground slopes down to the bed of the River Chess, but in the north it rises again, and Rosehall Farm … it on the east, and overlooking the wooded slopes of the Chess valley. The hamlet of Belsize is about half a mile to … There used to be a corn-mill, later a paper-mill on the Chess, and the Mill House remains and is the property of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… John the mathematician, Edward, and Alexander, famous as a chess player, who was a yeoman of the guard. 209 Anthony, who …
A History of the County of Durham
… then to the Literary Institute. It contains reading and chess rooms and a public hall. The Exchange Hall, in High …
Survey of London
… rooms, presumably for tenants, where billiards, bagatelle, chess and dominoes might be played. Day-to-day management, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… 13 s. 6 d. and per annum 555 l. 2 s. [ Ibid. No. 29.] Four chess openings in which the Sicilian defence is employed and nine other games of chess, some being only openings and some finished games. [22 …
The Overseas Trade of London
… 2 doz. locks, 2 doz. fire-irons, ½ grs. knives, 1 doz. chess-men, 9 doz. pipes, 40s. Leonard van Lyer, A, 1 fardel …
The Overseas Trade of London
… beads, 16 grs. 7 doz. knives, 6 cases pot knives, 2 chess boards, 1 doz. spouts, 1 doz. 'chasyng' balls, 24 lbs. … fagot iron the bundle cont. 5 C.' (Willan, Rates, 35). ? Chess-men. Figures or representations of Christ. Silk for …