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Register of the Freemen of the City of York
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Adstock 104. … of St. Cecilia, stands on the W. side of the village, and is built of limestone rubble, that of the chancel and porch being very regular, coursed and squared; the tower …
A History of the County of Somerset
… comprising the foremost students in science, history, and archology, is designed to record the history of every … are associated with the undertaking to make it a worthy and permanent monument to her memory. Rich as every county of … are very unequal in merit; the best of them are very rare and costly; most of them are imperfect, and many are now out …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Company Appendix A (3) No. 3 [172] No.3.Correspondence and Papers relating to the Samples of Tea procured from … of Tea referred to in the following Papers, Foreign Moneys and Weights being reduced into English Money and Weights, in Dr. Kelly's Evidence, p.509. [173] (1.)Copy …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Consuls in Europe to furnish Information as to the Price and Consumption of Tea, and the Duties on that Article, within their respective … have been received from His Majesty's Consuls General and Consuls at the Places noted at the Foot of this Letter. I …
Journal of the House of Lords
… President in the Chair. Patrick Kelly LL.D. is called in, and further examined as follows: Have you completed the … to deliver in the same. The Witness delivers in the same, and they are read as follow: A STATEMENT shewing the Cost per … for the Affairs of India from HIS MAJESTY'S CONSULS, and the VALUE affixed to the respective Samples by the LONDON …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… officinalis, or female agaric, growing on larch trees and used in medicine as a cathartic and emetic. Polyporus … Agrimonia eupatoria, is distinguished by its yellow spiked flowers, deep green foliage and aromatic scent. Agrimony was … (18c.)]. The manufacture of aigrettes and ARTIFICIAL FLOWERs seems to have been the preserve of Italian makers, or …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… climate is equable, the July isotherm being 64 degrees, and that of January 40 degrees, while the mean of the whole … year is 50 degrees on the higher ground north of London, and 51 degrees in the Thames Valley. Rainfall varies much … Chelsea, with the nursery grounds for fruit, shrubs, and flowers at Chelsea, Brompton, Kensington, Hackney, Dalston, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… people lived in the two main towns of Shrewsbury and Telford, the county's landscape remained largely rural and agricultural. 3 The main crises in the long history of Shropshire agriculture and rural landed society naturally coincided with those that …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… pure white variety of the latter used for vases, ornaments and busts. It appears also to have been used for other … since this practice was prohibited in 1711 [Acts (1711)], and again two years later [Acts (1731)]. The repetition … Houghton found that alabaster along with white rock MARBLE and lime calcinated flints were used to help the fermentation …