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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… fuel, failing, the labourers were compelled to give up the work. The ruins of two of the furnaces employed in the … stone and roofing slate are quarried. There is a large work for the manufacture of draining tiles, on the estate of … previously inundated the lands at every tide. By this work, the navigation from Fleet bay to the town has been much …
A Dictionary of London
… Galley Quay South out of Lower Thames Street, east of the Custom House and Wool Quays (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the town, made distinct and independent in 1841; and a custom-house, with a collector, comptroller, and other … in the same year was 828: the amount of duties paid at the custom-house for cargoes imported from foreign ports direct, … ancient character. The front is chiefly of timber frame-work; on the north side is a handsome structure of stone in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… similarity of name must have led to confusion. In a modern work on the medicinal plants of India, both Acorus calamus …
Survey of London
… Sevenoaks, Kent. 26 This was the property absorbed by the Custom House (see ante, p. 41). We have no certain knowledge … have been filled up when Bayning's Quay was added to the Custom House. For the use of the name in 1488 see p. 49. (B) …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… being enfeoffed of this town, assumed, according to the custom of that age, the name (as I presume) of de Barmere. …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… and sometimes De Dunton, according to the practice and custom of that age; and by his deed sans date, granted to …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… meadow belonging to his men, or tenants, 2 mills, one salt work, &c. 400 sheep, &c. 2 churches endowed with 60 acres, …