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Old and New London
… Westminster St. James's Park CHAPTER V. ST. JAMES'S PARK. "A spark That less admires the Palace than the Park." … or thrown up by the silverbreasted swans," as Mr. Thomas Miller quaintly remarks in his "Picturesque Sketches of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… between the rivers Cary, since displaced by the King's Sedgemoor Drain, and Parrett. 6 The parish includes the … away north across Land moor to 4 m. (13 ft.) at King's Sedgemoor Drain, west to 5 m. (16 ft.) beyond Penzoy, and … later. 23 The manor owned a horsemill in 1300 and paid a miller; in 1330 the mill was operated by a horse and five …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… owned both freehold and copyhold land. 6 The freeholder's family, the Harwards, had acquired part of Belbouches manor … and remained copyholders until 1610. The lord of the manor's son was attempting to buy up their estate in that year, 9 … of the cottagers of Lisles manor in 1279 was surnamed the miller, 42 and in 1315 Sir Robert de Lisle's windmill, Lowe …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Picot the sheriff as a 3hide manor, later LISLES. 48 Ely's interest in the sokeland was later reasserted and by the 1150s land in Westwick was possessed by Bishop Niel's chamberlain Ralph as successor or overlord of Anketil … Fin. (Rec. Com.), 31; Pipe R. 1201 (P.R.S. N.S. xiv), 125; Miller, Ely, 180. Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.), ii. 524. V.C.H. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the tenants. The value of the estate had declined from 100 s. before the Conquest to 30 s. 63 In 1220 there were again six plough-teams 64 and the … late 11th century and the early 14th, for in 1327 the lord's assessment for tax was one-fifth of the total for the whole …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… carried out in the late Dark Ages or following William I's harrying of 1069-70. The village as then laid out may have … which by 1823 were known as the Red Lion, the Blacksmith's Arms, and the County Hospital; 20 the last was presumably … several pasture. Fifteen tenants, including a weaver and a miller, held only their houses. 18 By the later 17th century …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1857 Whymper's London Diary, … day. 11. Went to Morbey's in Bishopsgate St and to Miller's at Islington etc, went on with chapel. Rainy. 12. … of settling the account. 21. Went on with Palace and to Miller's at Holloway etc. Fine. 22. Went on with Palace, cut …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1858 Whymper's London Diary, … this time of using them. 5. Went errands, cut up wood for Miller, drew 2 optical diagrams etc. Rainy, the snow … very handsome one of solid silver. Very windy. 8. Went to Miller's at Camden Town, drew optical diagrams etc. My father …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1859 Whymper's London Diary, January-June 1859 1. January. 1859. Went on … several fishes, altered fish of Gibson's etc. 19. Went to Miller's etc, cut up lot of wood, drew Argentine, began …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Whymper's London Diary, July-December 1855 Whymper's London Diary, July-December 1855 1. July. Sunday. Went to … huddled together, unable to get in. 12. Went to Mr Miller's, cut up paper and wood, went on with Corn Market …