Search
Old and New London
… for the murder in November, 1802, of Mr. Steel, a lavender-merchant in the Strand, led to a frightful …
A Survey of London
… p. 1:'Like a desperate pawn had lain seven years in lavender on sweeting in Long Lane, or amongst the dogged …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… ESSENCE. Not found in the OED Sources: Tradecards. Oil of lavender An OIL extracted from LAVENDER. There may have been more than one method of … by distillation from Lavendula spica or from FRENCH LAVENDER. Nicholas Culpeper considered that 'The chymical oil …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Oleum lavandulae [ol lavendul'] The Latin name for OIL OF LAVENDER Not found in the OED Found described as a CHEMICAL …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… But cf Thomas Pendleton, DR, b 1639, appr 1655, to Philip Lavender Son of Thomas Pendleton of Northampton, shoemaker …
A History of the County of Surrey
… round Battersea Bridge and the land between the present Lavender Hill and Battersea Park Road. Much of the rest of … laid the foundation of the Shaftesbury Park estate, near Lavender Hill, which was the earliest attempt to provide … ecclesiastical districts of the Church of the Ascension, Lavender Hill, in 1871; All Saints, Queen's Road, in 1884; …
A History of the County of Surrey
… over the chalk downs and northwards on to the London Clay. Lavender and medicinal herbs are grown in the parish. The …
A History of the County of Warwick
… remains of a wet moat survive west and south of the house. Lavender Hall, a farm-house mile south-west of the church, is …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the former branch. A good deal of market gardening, some lavender growing and ordinary agricultural work are carried …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… by our old botanists in this parish: Limonium, sea lavender, below the Old Dock. Rubra spicata cretica, small …