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Survey of London
… the building's associations, with their 'Chivalrie Gin' and an old chair claimed to have been Dr Johnson's, they …
Old and New London
… were occupied by a low lot of inhabitants, who indulged in gin, ale, and fighting. Porridge Island, especially, was …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… consumption rose alarmingly [Dillon (2002, pb 2003)]. One Gin Act attempted regulation [Acts (1729)], and when that … so that a more conciliatory approach was attempted in the Gin Act of 1743 [Acts (1743)]. Duties were gradually …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Swindon market by a small sample only, giving rise to a 'gin and water' market in which business was carried on over …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… more sustaining cheese and meat [Shammas (1990)]. Although GIN is sometimes regarded as the drink of the poor in the …
Survey of London
… that 'His Grace thinks that the elevation . . . is too gin-palace-y in Mount Street'. 351 Beginning in 1871 the …
Survey of London
… first elevations, which the Duke had rejected as too 'gin-palace-y'. 81 Between these two havens is the latest and …
Chamber Accounts of the Sixteenth Century
… new gate, 108 at Bishopsgate, making ladders, mending the gin, repairing the Guildhall, mending of decayed places and … rope weighing 104 lb at 2d. [f.32v] the lb to serve the gin at Ludgate 24s.2d.; summa 2.10s.10d. 46. 10 April to …
Old and New London
… And passed in sottishness and smoke his time. Revered by gin's adorers and the tribe Who pass in brawls, lewd jests, …