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Survey of London
… company was discussing the amount of land to be purchased for the site of the terminus, 4 and in February 1839 it was … sidings. 5 In the following month a tender of some 17,500 for the construction of the station and adjacent viaduct was accepted from Mr. Curtis. 6 Most of the purchases for the terminus and final stretch of line through …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… case, lay in the open fields. Each estate also had pasture for 420 sheep. 22 In 1291 there were 3 plough-lands in … when the mill was powered by a water-wheel and a steam-engine. 6 In 1870 Nathaniel Teakle & Sons, mattress-wool and … presumably the mills containing 3 water-wheels, a steam-engine, 6 pairs of stocks, and 4 gig-mills, which the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… cheaper and more pungent form of PEPPER than WHITE PEPPER. For this form the berries were harvested before they were … most pungent. The gathered berries were dried in the sun for a few days, then packed in bags for marketing. [Patents (1677)] concerned an 'Engine or mill' to hull black pepper, presumably to make a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… expense: the Vicar is patron. There is a place of worship for a congregation of Wesleyans. Blackborough (All Saints) … of the Wyndham family: the tithes have been commuted for 80, and the glebe consists of 74 acres. The church having … and the Thames, forming a most extensive line of inland navigation. The Blackburn and Preston railway, running hence …
Old and New London
… that condemned Wolsey, and sent him to beg "a little earth for charity" of the monks of Leicester. The rapacious king … new comrades. In 1589 the Lord Mayor closed two theatres for ridiculing the Puritans. Burbage and his friends, alarmed … to the Globe. He was now evidently a thriving, "warm" man, for in 1597 he purchased for 60 New Place, one of the best …
Survey of London
… or Surrey Institution. The Rotunda was built in 17889 for James Parkinson to house the natural history collection … by Captain Cook on his voyages. Half a crown was charged for admission but financially the venture proved a failure … done for the printing machine what Watt did for the steam-engine." 65 He entered into partnership with his …
Old and New London
… on which the bleaching bones of men who had dared to ask for some extension of liberty, or who doubted the … and the general supposition is that it was used for that purpose during the Saxon and Danish contests, but … Ethelred, while their ships held possession of the river for three or four years in succession. Several places in the …
Survey of London
… frigates, which became very popular with travellers for their speed and comfort. By the end of the 1820s Green … and plans in 1986. Demolished Associated buildings, engine- and boiler-houses, were situated to the west side of … of the double-acting plunger type driven directly off the engine shaft, as well as a drainage pump and two boilers. In …
Survey of London
… Blackwall Yard was created by the East India Company for the building and repair of its own ships. In the 1650s it … Brunswick Dock, was bought by the East India Dock Company for its new Export Dock. In the late 1830s the northern area … trade by Elizabeth I in 1600. There were several reasons for the formation of the East India Company. One was the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a range of handsome buildings, appropriated as residences for the masters of the adjoining college of Sandhurst. A fair for cattle and sheep is held on Sept. 8th. There are places of worship for Particular Baptists. Blackwell, or Blackhall, High …