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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Holborn, 179199. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1784 for 600 of which 400 accounted for utensils, stock and goods; on 5 February 1791 with … 54 Watling St. Trade card states: Merchants, Captains of Ships, country chapmen &c. may be supply'd on reasonable …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chapel is a small structure. The tithes have been commuted for 54. Yalding (St. Peter and St. Paul) YALDING ( St. Peter … parish is called Twyford bridge. The river is navigable for barges, by which a considerable traffic in timber, corn, and coal, is carried on. A fair for cattle is held on October 15th. The living is a vicarage, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… was 36 INCH or 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all … and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for the yard of t3 FOOT, 900 for the yard of 16½ FOOT Only … component of NAVAL STORES and were included in among SHIPS STORES [Acts (1781)]. OED earliest date of use: …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… (5) Tory, 1687, 1690 (6) See Vis Wilts, 1623, pp 220-1, for the family of Yerberie of Trowbridge (1) CRO, MS 40/3, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Culm is found in some parts of it, but it is worked only for home consumption and the supply of the immediate … of the Baron de Rutzen: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 70, and the glebe comprises 50 acres. … is uncertain, depending upon the fluctuating demand for the produce. This township, and certain parts of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… but without inscription. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The moated site of an old baronial castle is … 1069, Sweyn sent his two sons, Harold and Canute, with 240 ships and a numerous army; and these chiefs arriving in the … escaped, with a few of their principal officers, to their ships; and Edgar Atheling, with great difficulty, effected …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… but the city normally leased the ditch and ramparts for grazing and the gates and larger towers as houses. In … sector during the siege by three Parliamentary armies for 11 weeks in 1644, but Bootham Bar, Walmgate Bar, and St. … of the W. wing, of which the most notable are a crucifix, ships, a castle, etc. On the wall at the E. end of the main …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… which, after a term of one week, remain to Richard Watson for a term of 28 years. William Feildynge and William Cave, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the error of Yarrell, the first name should be intended for the next species, which undoubtedly occurs in the Bristol … in February, when they are believed to visit the coast for the purpose of spawning. ANACANTHINI 36. Cod. Gadus … 25. Ship Rat. Mus alexandrinus. Often occurs on board ships and in Bristol warehouses. This species breeds freely …
A History of the County of Somerset
… abundance of individuals. Out of the 139 species recorded for the British Islands no less than 112 have been found in … and possibly one or two more may yet be added, such for instance as Vitrea lucida. The general facies of the … and date, but as Portishead is on the Bristol Channel, and ships from various foreign ports are constantly entering the …