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A History of the County of Oxford
… indentures have survived. 37 Paupers were paid to spin flax throughout the period, and in the 1780s hemp was also …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… corn, cattle, pigs, bacon, butter, cheese, hemp, and flax, are sold in considerable quantities; and in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… names such as Linthorn, probably once an enclosure for flax, but by the 17th century applied to pasture closes on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Lady-day to Michaelmas, which is well attended; a fair for flax on the Saturdays before Michaelmas, Martinmas, … in the manufacturing districts. Considerable quantities of Flax are grown in the West Riding, in the neighbourhood of … Several factories have been established for spinning flax for canvass, linen, sacking-thread, &c.; an extensive …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… with lands, and all the tithes in fruit, corn, hay, wool, flax, hemp, and lambs, and all the other tithes, oblations, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… very local. Not uncommon round Bath, Bridgwater, Frome, Flax Bourton. This species is doubtless often overlooked. 64. … have also been found in the peat-moor country, near Frome, Flax Bourton, Taunton, Bridgwater and Wellington, and it also … 1866 ; Berrow, September 1892 ; Bleadon, summer 1895 ; Flax Bourton, April 1895 ; and Priston near Bath ( Zoologist, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… fabriciana, L. Leigh (Charbonnier) flavoguttata, Kirb. Flax Bourton (Charbonnier) Apid Megachile willughbiella, … in the Zoologist, vol. iii. A specimen was taken near Flax Bourton in 1866, one near Bridgwater by Mr. Dale ( Mag. …