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Old and New London
… that, in want of paper, he used to hammer scraps of leather smooth, and work his problems on them with a blunt …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… persons from all parts of the kingdom: cheese, hops, and leather are also sold in considerable quantities. The living …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… around the rim used for marking and partly penetrating the LEATHER before stitching. Salaman mentions a 'wheel' among … ends of them are made. The lash itself was often made of LEATHER, as Randle Holme shows: 'The White, or Carters Whip, a lash of Leather and small Cord, tyed at the end of a long stick to …
A History of the County of Hertford
… drawing-room, which, though now lined with stamped Spanish leather, used to contain panelling. The carved and coloured …
Survey of London
… of "two engines to cast water in case of fire, 50 leather buckets, 4 short ladders, and 4 shorter hooks than … lodgings in the Palace were required to provide as many leather "boquetts" as they had chimneys, and in case of any …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… 20. Went on with kangaroo hunting, cut up wood, drew a leather bottle etc. Fine. My father went to tea at Peckham …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… manufacture of parchment, and in the preparation of wash leather. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… late 17th-century. Library: now at the vicarage620 leather-bound volumes, 16th, 17th and 18th-century, chiefly …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… commercial and professional middle classes, including a leather merchant, wholesale perfumer, and a civil engineer at …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was still there in 1980. The White Hart (also called the Leather Bottle and the Gate) stood at the junction of Church …