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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … Other inventions, such as the 'Machine for glazing ... linens and cottons up to two yards wide' [Patents (1788)] …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… YAXLEY (C.b.). (O.S. 6 in. V. S.E.) Yaxley is a parish and large village 4 m. S.S.W. of Peterborough. The church is … the E. wall of the chancel, most of the tower, the spire and the S. porch which, with the dressings throughout the … a cruciform church on the site in the 13th century, and of this the side walls and perhaps the ends of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … comprises 1912 acres, of which 836 are arable, 800 meadow and pasture, 10 woodland, and 177 common, roads, and waste. … of the Eastern Moorlands, and in Cleveland, some coarse linens are manufactured by the small farmers; and at …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, with a chain hanging from each end onto which a PAIL could be attached and thus carried with less strain. OED earliest date of use: … to clothiers in towns like Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds. There the cloths were fulled, frizzed and perhaps …
Survey of London
… as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in … The monks of Westminster were the lords of the fee, and a yearly payment had to be made to them of a taper of 2 … monks, in which William was referred to as their dearest and special friend, was obtained before May, 1200, 2 and a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the county of the species recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or three species not yet … lagurus, Glomeris marginata, Iulus sabulosus, I. pilosus and I. teutonicus. Setting aside the last-named, about which … unquestionably Lamyctes fulvicornis, Polydesmus inconstans and Blaniulus fuscus. Yet the scarcity or apparent absence of …