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A History of the County of Stafford
… as 'finely wainscoted, and all exceeding neat, with a marble table and all in the middle'. A description of 1784 stated that it was paved with black and white marble and that on the larger panels of the wainscoting there … inmates were employed mainly in breaking stone and working marble slabs from the quarries at Wetton. 94 In 1821 there …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and given by a local sculptor, Edward Ash, a stone and marble reredos given by James Oliver of Meerbrook, in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… communion table, (1) of Thomas Haskett, 1744, Purbeck marble slab with arms; in middle of chancel, (2) of John Haskett, 1730, Purbeck marble slab. In tower, (3) of Edwin Tomkins, 17 . ., trimmed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… glebe comprises 36 acres. The church contains some elegant marble monuments to the families of Hoody and Welch, former … in one of the aisles are four handsome mural monuments of marble to the memory of the Wyndham family. Alveston (St. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… much of it probably on the northern Cornbrash and Forest Marble; numbers of livestock were similar to those in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… pasture and open-field arable, on Cornbrash and Forest Marble. There are tongues of alluvium along Shill brook and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… transept to Alice Malorye (d. 1579/80), and elaborate marble wall tablets to Goddard Carter (d. 1725), the rector …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… an opaque, wax-like inflammable substance, variegated like marble and ash coloured. When heated it has a fragrant odour. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on. Stone and slate are quarried; and a peculiar kind of marble, of a dusky green colour, veined with white, is found. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… whole quire free from sinking in many parts of it and the marble-covered copying books are all of the same sort …