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A History of the County of Essex
… and two barns in 1409 and trespasses in the lord's corn in 1420 and 1426 suggest that the earls of Oxford were … 4 d. a year in the mid 16th century. 47 In 1518 it was a corn mill, but by 1540 when it was called Walkmill it was … 1719. 49 An oil mill was added before 1777. 50 In 1894 the corn mill contained five pairs of millstones, the oil mill a …
A History of the County of Essex
… the lord's crops, pasture, hedges, or wood, for stealing corn, for encroaching on roads, and for failing to scour …
A History of the County of Sussex
… introduced c. 1860, and in 1881 for the first time most corn was cut by machinery. 76 In the mid 19th century many … when that of grassland had risen to 670 a. and the largest corn crop was oats. At the latter date there was seven times … House farms in 1918 were claimed to produce very heavy corn crops, and the Avisford House estate ran a successful …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… waste land. The surface is of a bold and varied character; corn is grown to some extent, and the rearing of cattle is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Thames, by which river coal is brought hither, and corn and flour are conveyed to London and other places: the … from its position, and from its having been a magazine for corn, whence stations in the interior were supplied. The … and manufactories for copperas and earthenware, a steam corn-mill, and several ballast-quays: John Carr and Company …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the sea, each of which in its course gives motion to some corn-mills; and there are numerous springs of clear water, of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… carried on. A manufactory for Herbert's patent progressive corn-mills has been erected within four miles of the town, … to the sea at Yarmouth. The market, which is chiefly for corn, is on Thursday: a fair is held on the day before and on …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of Green Lane consisted of 177 a. used for dairying and corn-growing. Dairy farm in Hall Lane, c. 70 a., produced … 1814 by William Bacon. 86 It had been rebuilt as a steam corn-mill by the early 1880s and was worked as such until the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… to have all obventions from the chapels except sheaves of corn; if the revenue was not sufficient to enable him to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… sowings, to mow one day a year, and to harvest the lord's corn for three days. The services, no longer exacted in kind, … in the open fields included rye, wheat, mongcorn (mixed corn), barley, oats, and dredge. 63 Hemp and flax were also … area was still well wooded in 1576. 23 Mills. The water corn-mill most commonly known as the Town mill, 24 but also …