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A History of the County of Sussex
… chimneyshaft is original. In 1086 there were 4 water-mills, 4 worth 40 s., in the manor. There are in the parish … 18th century, to serve Lumley Mill. In 1327 there were 3 mills in the manor, valued at only 100 s. 'because they … had stood idle for a month and 20 days. In 1492 one of the mills had been converted for fulling. The Slipper tide-mill, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… for the repair of the steeple 5 and the parts of cider-mills which survive at many houses in the parish are other … and jam manufacturers or with Evesham fruitdealers. 12 MILLS. A corn-mill south of Westbury village where the … by Anthony Kemp, and in 1731, when it comprised two corn-mills, it was sold by his son Anthony to Thomas …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and who often were former employees at the Laverton Mills, received a weekly pension of 5 s. Two of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the 16th century such men were acquiring the local fulling mills. 53 In the course of the 16th century the number and … moste by clothiers'. 54 In addition to acquiring fulling mills for their business, the clothiers began in the 16th … odious, rotten borough, a really rotten place'. Its cloth mills seemed 'ready to tumble down, as well as many of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… area lies the Market Place, the church, Angel and Bitham Mills, and, until the late 19th century, a considerable part … boundary of the parish and on this were a number of mills. 70 Church Spring, rising just south of the church, …