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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… and turner (1814d. 1842). Chairs known impressed on the seat edge or bottom near splat AMOS GRANTHAM. There is an …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… way, the same, since the depopulation thereof, hath been a harbour for Thieves, and many Robberies have been thereabouts …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and coal exists. Abberton Hall, the manor-house, the seat of Mr. Laslett, is in the centre of the estate, on an …
A History of the County of Essex
… commoner whose hospitality exceeded his means'. 1 His seat was at Hoo in St. Paul's Walden (Herts.) and Berwick …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… seven men to each, are engaged. Near the entrance into the harbour is a bar, which is dry at low water. The merchants' … the town to the sea was circuitous and shallow, and the harbour afforded very limited accommodation, but a great … the same direction; Gadlys; and Abernant. Aberamman, the seat of the late Anthony Bacon, Esq., of Benham, in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… oak (Plate 27), with turned front legs carried up above seat to support curved arms, rails below seat enriched with conventional incised ornament, enriched …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the parish, which is used for building purposes. The chief seat is Raith: the mansion-house was partly built in 1694, by … of Antonine and the port of Cramond on the Frith, in the harbour of which the Romans moored their ships. A monastery … vessel laden with arms and warlike stores, arrived in the harbour from England, and every preparation was made to …