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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a central lozenge-shaped pond with a flat, circular island in the middle. The enclosing ditches are linked to …
A History of the County of Somerset
… pottery and coins are thought to have been part of a salt-making industry. 1 Woolavington village forms a grid at …
The Environs of London
… a mile wide at Woolwich, and the water, at the flood, salt. From the information of the Rev. G. A. Thomas, the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… are a later re-building. The Moat encloses a rectangular island about 150 ft. by 120 ft. now vacant of buildings. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by Thomas Orde Powlett, Lord Bolton, when governor of the island, and commands a noble prospect of Spithead, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the inhabitants, abandoning the city, retired to the river-island Bevere, in which they fortified themselves, determined … burning the limestone obtained at Witley Hill. Common rock-salt and a species of gypsum are found at Droitwich. … worked into bars, rods, sheet-iron, &c. The manufacture of salt, at Droitwich, is known to have been practised so eai-ly …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the 16th century a large mass of land, later known as the salt green, 60 the salt grass, 61 or Worthing common, gradually came into being …
A History of the County of Sussex
… crops were mushrooms and peppers. 88 Industry and trade. Salt may have been extracted in Worthing in 1219, 89 and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Marshall's Barn, about m. S.W. of (4). e(6). At Franklin's Island, nearly m. E. of (4). e(7). At Montpelier's Farm, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 54 metres, with some red sandstone walling visible on the island. To the south-east lay a fishpond, to the east a …