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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… with at least two varieties, the northern Malus sylvestris and the southern European Malus mitis, and produces plentiful fertile seed. Selection was therefore … high, suggesting imports of the most luxurious quality, a trade that the government wanted to discourage. The OED gives …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Craft Guilds CRAFT GUILDS Cordwainers, p. 312. Weavers and Fullers, p. 316. Butchers, p. 316. Barbers, p. 317. Mercers and Woollendrapers, p. 319. Brewers, p. 320. Bakers, p. 321. … controlled Butcher Row and other aspects of the meat trade directly, and the company probably lost its purpose. 4 …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Cranham Cranham, a rural parish with extensive woodland and scattered settlement, lies 9 km. south-east of Gloucester and has in the 20th century become a residential area for … of the parish and in 1831 31 families were supported by trade compared with 42 supported by agriculture. 255 A mason …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture Open Fields and Meadows By 1086 there was probably already arable north of the river Windrush in what became Crawley and Hailey townships, since as many as 24 ploughlands and 25 … Crawley farm, was held with land in Minster Lovell. 124 Trade and Industry Rural Trades The surname Smith was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… source of employment was the large-scale civil engineering and building works needed to provide main services, roads, factories, houses, schools, and shops, even though many building workers at first … early 1960s the growth of Gatwick airport, of the retail trade, and of town services, provided a growing proportion of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of South Molton, hundred of Witheridge, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 8 miles (S. E. by E.) from South … but the business has much declined, and the principal trade is now in making coarse linen-cloth, called brin. An … parish on the north-east, and the Stow-Market and Ipswich navigation passes along the south-western boundary. The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from Little Creech, a detached part of the parish, and the adjective appeared in the later 16th century as … alone remained in 1984. The river Tone was improved for navigation by the Tone conservators under proposals drawn up … late 19th century. 95 Locks were constructed to improve navigation near Ham and at Creech mills. 96 After serious …
A History of the County of Somerset
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 there were 8 ploughlands and as many teams, a square league of pasture, and 8 a. of meadow. There were 6 hides in demesne with 2 … manor in 1767 19 and were retained until 1908 or later. 20 Trade and industry Goods brought up the river Tone between …
A History of the County of Somerset
… ridge with a complex geological structure. Its irregular and often dramatic landscape has much in common with north … was divided, though the town itself was never large, and looked southwards into Dorset rather than north and west into Somerset for most of its trade. The hundred was formed by 1084. At its head was the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… location of significant buildings mentioned in the text, and the line of the early medieval fortifications. THIS … Cricklade, its subsequent development as a trading centre and Parliamentary borough, and its later history, including … of the borough may reflect continuing concern with trade in the town or, perhaps more likely, have provided an …