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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Martin's Lane, London in 1784. Declared bankrupt, Exeter Flying Post, 14 December 1797. Young, John, Broughton, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by a finely-proportioned crocketed spire, supported by flying buttresses, and conspicuous for many miles round. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the width of a piece of cloth. Until the invention of the 'Flying Shuttle' by John Kay [Patents (1733)], it required …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Pits Lane was reputedly briefly a public house called the Flying Arrow. 34 Yarnton was referred to in 1931 as a 'quiet …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… 162), of the same date as the tower, is supported by flying buttresses from each angle of the tower, each with a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Baker records the capture of one specimen at Stolford. 70. Flying Fish. Exoctus volitans, Linn. An accidental visitor. … next species. It is not infrequently seen in early spring flying in bright sunshine. 6. Whiskered Bat. Myotis …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and by the first pair of wings, which are of no use in flying, taking the form of tough chitinous wing covers, from … : 'The last week in August, 1763, I took two or three, flying in a pasture field at the bottom of a hill near Bath' … by Mr. Tetley ; and one was captured by Mr. Aldridge flying over flowers at Weston-super-Mare ( Ent. v. 169) …