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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A contrivance by which two animals, especially OXen or BULLOCKs were attached to the hauling chains for drawing a PLOUGH or a vehicle like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the … islands is in very small sticks, and is denominated by the trade young Fustick' [Smyth (1812)]. It gave a YELLOW dye but …
Survey of London
… No. 6.This house appears to date from the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, and is probably the original …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… of water, of 2 miles. There were four main gates, or bars, all with projecting barbicans, six postern gates, … may perhaps still have been a crossing of the Foss at or near the Roman one. St. Mary Castlegate, a pre-Conquest … S.E. by a damming of the Foss to form the king's fishpond or stew which caused the loss of two new mills and nearly a …
Survey of London
… at a reasonable rent, as the late Lord Keeper had it, or otherwise by promis from your Lordship to enjoy it for … in the morning until almost 9 at night without either meat or drink." 196 He was finally sentenced to dismissal from all … were made, and to be built of such stone as the Portico or Water-Gate at the River side is; and this was done on a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Linn. 6. Red Mullet. Mullus barbatus, Linn. 7. Common or Ballan Wrasse. Labrus maculatus, Bl. Referred to by Baker … *10. Miller's Thumb. Cottus gobio, Linn. 11. Father-lasher or Bull-head. Cottus scorpius, Linn. 12. Long-spined … factories. 25. Ship Rat. Mus alexandrinus. Often occurs on board ships and in Bristol warehouses. This species breeds …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or three species not yet obtained certainly await discovery, … inconstans and Blaniulus fuscus. Yet the scarcity or apparent absence of these species in other counties is … Crustaceathe Shrimp ( Crangon vulgaris, Fabr.),' Fishery Board for Scotland Report, pt. 3 (1901). Popular History of …