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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A sort of BEAD made of rough CORNELIAN imported from the East Indies for re-export to Africa, which explains why they … 'Coats of Arms' [Tradecards (1791)]. One even had in his stock 'two doz Londn Arms Cards at 2s 4d' a DOZEN, though … in the Indies and imported to Britain via the East India trade. It was originally made from the fermented juice …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and elegantly constructed, was added to it, on the south-east, in 1505, by Sir Robert Arbuthnott, who also repaired … north by the river and loch of Creran; on the south and east, by Loch Etive, and the river and loch of Awe; and on … and considerable attention is paid to the rearing of stock; the cattle are of the Highland black breed, and on the …
Survey of London
… archway leading into Lombard Street. The buildings are of stock brick with sash windows, and finish above with a plain … the north, on a lane or street called Church Lane on the east, and on a messuage and garden ground in the tenure of … of London") of his father "Thos. Fisher the Elder, of East Greenwich, warffenger." They are described in very …
Survey of London
… the house the most prominent feature was the brick-built east range or Georgian block which formed the eastern side of … being at mezzanine level (Plate 14a). The buildings on the east side of the northern courtyard did not survive the … was not very happily placed and was perhaps something of a stock piece, but it showed, by its turned balusters, cut …
Survey of London
… theirs, was the beginning of a third recess; whilst to the east was a short stretch of plain wall, about 4 feet 6 inches … the eastern recess was of the Tudor type, but the outside (east) wall of the room was of eighteenth-century construction … of the house. The discovery, on the wide pier at the east end of the upper stage, of a wall painting, the …
Survey of London
… arch-braced (fig. 5), the first five principals from the east end being spaced at ten-foot and the next two at … covered over in the building of the porch in the south-east corner of Court I. The whole area had been coloured … measuring roughly 8 inches by 1 inches in section. In the east wall of the west range, on the upper storey, were the …
Survey of London
… century. In some places (and particularly on the south and east sides) there were clear indications of variations in the … from traces of brick paving at footing-level on the east side of Court I there were no signs of structural … to the rest of the structures. The extension of the main east-to-west cuttings beyond the limits of the buildings was …
Survey of London
… access from outside. The chief apartments were on the east side: here the overall width of the range was 31 feet as … was one of the first results of the excavation. The south-east angle of the court, shared between the south and east ranges, was taken up with the chapel (page 19); the …
Survey of London
… on the added vestibule to the main staircase on the south-east (see below) and against the inner wall of the hall block on the north-east. As has been said, the buildings were improved as well … chamber 12 by 15 feet internally, built across the south-east angle of the court, its west wall ending against the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… landed at various times and places on the south and east coasts, 57 whence they spread over most of the country, … through Europe from its place of origin in the Near East while the British Neolithic pottery already described … xxiii. 74-77. V. G. Childe, New Light on the Most Ancient East; Dawn. B.A.P. i. 52-63; Prehist. Communities, 94, …