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Survey of London
… Street, Cotton Street and Ashton Street area The impetus for development between the High Street and the East India … Dock Company's decision in 1807 to sell its land there for building. The company's holding was the largest of the … from Robert Peers in 1804. 260 The company had used it for the making or storing of bricks while the docks were …
Survey of London
… High Street and the East India Dock Road filled up, except for the East India Company's land, which became a recreation … Castor Street, and commented that 'it is quite impossible for any respectable persons to avail themselves of it, as a … (181292), who designed a terrace of three houses for Langley at Nos 7882 East India Dock Road, set out Morant …
Survey of London
… acres of land from the trustees of William Thorns in 1791 for 300. 144 The ground was described as enclosed arable in … with the exception of the Hope and Anchor. 162 Fire-engine House and Watch-house (demolished). The vestry … were erected there. The first of these was a fire-engine house, which was built by November 1822. 163 When …
Survey of London
… Geere of Newby Place, a builder, who originally contracted for eight plots. 38 He apparently got into difficulties, for his initial attempt to build four houses was suspended … directed him not to set up a forge, anvil, or steam engine, or use the premises for any offensive trade, with …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… position as the principal trading and processing centre for a wide agricultural area but also from its recently … hides, from Russia. The tannery was fitted with a steam engine in 1822 but, although probably the largest tannery in … MacMahon, 'Beverley and its Beck: Boro. Finance and a Town Navigation 1700-1835', Transport Hist. iv (2), 121-43; below, …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… with the aldermen electing the members of their own bench for life, and also nominating the 26 candidates for election as capital burgesses each year. During the … keepers for Swine Moor wells, the shambles, and the fire engine in St. Mary's church. Besides the salaries of its own …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a meeting was held, in 1048, by Earl Godwin and his son, for the alleged purpose of aiding Edward the Confessor to … Thomas, Lord Berkeley, and in the civil war was garrisoned for the king, but was besieged and taken by the … Crown, with a net income of 590: the tithes were commuted for corn-rents in 1803. The church was rebuilt by R. S. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… or in manuscript, and whether early-modern or recent. For example, 'Anon (1695)' is the short reference for 'Anon (1695), The Way to save Wealth, shewing how a Man … a general preface, giving an account of the progress of navigation, from its first beginning to the perfection it is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… night with the prisoners (1815). " Rules and Regulations for the Government of York Castle, adopted at a Court of … W. G., Cottrill, F., and Spon, C. Strickland, G. Reasons for not pulling down Clifford's Tower in making the proposed …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… between two hundreds and Winson became a separate unit for poor-law purposes, being described as a tithing of Bibury … Bowlys used it solely as a corn-mill and in 1859 a steam engine was installed and the building strengthened by … in 1926 by the tenant Arthur Severn (d. 1949). 505 The engine shed had fallen down by 1965 when the mill was bought …