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A History of the County of Essex
… weekly, and occasionally more often, in 1832. 12 A steam ship sailed twice a week from Wivenhoe to London from 1837. … the Swan formerly the Maidenhead, the Anchor, and the Ship, copyholds recorded between 1766 and 1777, may all have … was owned in the early 19th century by Thomas Harvey, ship- builder; it was refurbished in 1984. 63 The Falcon just …
A History of the County of Essex
… Avenue. By the 1950s numbers were dwindling, but member- ship increased in the late 1960s and the church premises were … family was associated with the church. James Husk, another ship- builder, financed and built a Swedenborgian chapel at …
A History of the County of Essex
… were 5 inns in Woodford in 1753: the George, White Hart, Ship and Castle, New Wells, and Old Wells. 49 The number …
A History of the County of Oxford
… further expansion, and in 1635 Woodstock's assessment for ship money was only �20, compared with Chipping Norton's …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and the Wharf in 1842, 28 and flour and paper were sent by ship from the pill in the late 19th century. 29 Two sailors, a boatman, a waterman, and a ship-carpenter or boat-builder were recorded in 1608, 30 a … of stone were extracted each year, most being conveyed by ship to Bristol where Laurence was a contractor for the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… succeeding reign. The "Sovereign of the Seas," the largest ship that had ever been built in England, was launched from the dockyard in the reign of Charles I. This ship, of 1637 tons' burthen, carried 176 guns, and was richly … breast-pieces, and all other iron work connected with ship-building, are manufactured here, and also anchors of the …
The Environs of London
… Captain Robert Hall, killed by an accident on board his ship the Bridgwater, 1781; Mary, wife of Lieut. William Role, … the oldest in the kingdom, having found that the great ship called Harry, Grace de Dieu, was built there in 1512 49. It is possible, however, that this ship might have been built, as others were before that time, …