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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Bridge lying just beyond the boundary, but a ferry (punt) plies from a point near the village to the opposite …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… At least from the beginning of the 19th century bank- and punt-gunners sought their livelihood in the area. The former, … of washes, firing through the reeds from the water's edge. Punt-gunners, some few of whom still practise their art, were … open water, and James shot 200 in a week. 29 Among notable punt-gunners were James Smart and George See, the leading …
Survey of London
… have claret and supper gratis, provided I suppose that you punt.' 68 This yard, which became known as Thatched House …
London Inhabitants within the Walls
… w, 57.3 Punchard Dot, ser, 28.14 Punier Francis, ser, 61.5 Punt John, 55.5 Punter: Humph, ser, 51.6 John, ser, 13.25 …
Report on the Records of the City of Exeter
… so molested with the cry of the poore billetters for punt e. pay, as our business is disturbed, our credit lost …
Survey of London
… in the Cellars; and the Servants used to be obliged to punt themselves along in a washing-tub, from the Cellar …
Old and New London
… with philosophic quiescence the cooling luxuryperchance a punt in the middle of the rivera bright blue sky overhead, …
Trinity House of Deptford Transactions, 1609-35
… Papers Colonial 15741660, 161, 166.] They have had Mr Punt and the purser before them several times about the … the extra time they 'set against the lessening of his [? Punt's] full proportion'; the small difference in balance …