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Old and New London
… Covent Garden Part 3 of 3 CHAPTER XXXIV. COVENT GARDEN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD ( continued). "Rus in urbe, urbs in … Hullah's Choral ClassesSt. Martin's Hall destroyed by Fire and rebuiltThe Queen's TheatreMessrs. Merryweather's … as possible, Millar resorted to a capital "trick of the trade." At his first "trade sale" he said to his brother …
Survey of London
… the market, he concluded, 'bristles with illegality, fraud and oppression'. The powers by which the market was regulated … had been 'obtained by none too creditable means', and the owners had 'thereby established a stranglehold on a large proportion of the fruit and vegetable trade of London'. They levied 'an unjust tribute on a …
Survey of London
… Covent Garden Theatre and the Royal Opera House Management CHAPTER V Covent Garden Theatre and the Royal Opera House: the Management The Royal Opera … negotiation, 'stating that owing to the principles of free trade having been brought to bear upon Theatrical property …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Cowbridge - Crickhowel Cowbridge COWBRIDGE, a borough and market-town (having exclusive jurisdiction), and, jointly with Bridgend, the head of a union, locally in … the old church, decorated with their respective emblems of trade, carved in oak. Dr. Smollett, in his novel of "Humphrey …
Survey of London
… Cowcross Street and Turnmill Street CHAPTER VII: Cowcross Street and Turnmill Street 228. Cowcross Street and Turnmill Street … from the City in 1365. Parchmentmaking, another related trade, was being carried on in Turnmill Street by the early …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was agriculturally productive by 1210, yielding corn and having a mill at which to grind it. 16 In the late 13th century and early 14th the farms of Wallhurst manor, which included a … the earlier 18th century; they comprised almost entirely trade debts (£239) and the stock in her shop and warehouses …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… district, in the parochial chapelry of Dent, parish and union of Sedbergh, W. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 9 miles (S. E. by E.) from … about 500 inhabitants. It lies south of Rysell Fell, and partakes much of the scenery of the chapelry at large: …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… parish, which contained 1,898 a., was irregular in shape and included in the western corner part of Birdlip village. 1 … river Churn, then called Cockleford's brook, on the east, and tributary streams on part of the north in Coldwell … in the parish were supported by agriculture and 11 by trade. 175 Outside Birdlip the trades followed were those …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… COXLODGE, a township, in the parish of Gosforth, union and W. division of Castle ward, S. division of … a. 1 r. 14 p., of which 691 acres are arable, 106 meadow and pasture, and 2 wood. The surface is rather level, but … very flourishing town, and the chief seat of the clothing trade, by the removal of which into the counties of …
Court of common pleas: The National Archives, CP40
… that he was never the 'bailiff' of the messuage of IU, and that there was not an accounting before TS and WS, and puts himself on the country. IH puts herself … time he received £7 by the hands of RP himself towards the trade and profit of RP. RP often requested reasonable account …