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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… growing upon trees; particularly Polyporus officinalis, or female agaric, growing on larch trees and used in medicine … several weeks. Another is the so-called 'deadly agaric' or 'death cap', Amonita phalloides. This does not appear to … [Brightman (1966)]. Agaric was imported either 'rough or untrimmed' or 'trimmed or pared'. The difference in duty …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A term applied to fine translucent varieties of carbonate or sulphate of lime especially to the pure white variety of … which, according to the OED, contained '10 OUNCE of wine or 9 of oil'. Alabaster in this sense has not been noted in … was set up to exploit the patent of 1688 to lustrate, or make glossy, alamodes and other similar fabrics [Patents …
Survey of London
… Close Of the present buildings of Albany the 'mansion' (or Albany House) is the former Melbourne House built by Sir … year. 2 Nothing is known of the identity of the architect or builders of the house. The street front is very roughly … lived in these wings of the house apparently held official or semi-official positions or were acquaintances or relations …
A History of the County of Northampton
… to these two features, on either the road from Paulerspury or Church Lane, which runs west from the main road between … the same, reflecting the absence of any marked rise or fall in population. Later in the 19th century a farmhouse … Surrey until William should recover his lands in Normandy, or until the king could make him an equivalent in exchange …
A History of the County of Essex
… boundary passed through a cottage known as the Wick or Jeffrymans, demolished before 1876. 2 There were two … church. 5 The earliest medieval settle- ment, Ealda's or the old 'ham' or homestead, from which the parish takes its name, was prob- …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… it was a variant of alphenic, otherwise known as PENIDE or PENNET. This was a white barley SUGAR or SUGAR CANDY. Once sugar boilers became active in Britain, … a rough, sweet RED WINE, which was at one time made of, or with, the MULBERRY [Nott (1726, facs. 1980)]. It seems to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… normally administered them by establishing a small cell or priory of two or three monks to manage a manor or group of manors and send the profits to the mother-house. …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… other airfield buildings have been converted to farm uses or demolished. Allerthorpe village street is flanked by wide … that were chargeable 19 had only a single hearth, 6 had 2 or 3, and the other 2 had 5 and 7 hearths. 34 There were 27 … by John le Poer to John son of Henry of Fishergate, and he or another of his family conveyed it to Drax priory (Yorks. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… term since the sixteenth century typifying bitterness or great trial. Valuations varied enormously, ranging from 9d … the fragrant heart-wood of Aquilaria, that is ALOES WOOD or LIGNALOES, also known as 'Agila wood' and 'Eagle wood'. … of Aloe chinensis and Aloe vera, by boiling the juice or by making a decoction of the leaves. It is said to be …
A History of the County of Stafford
… name Alstonefield is Old English, meaning Alfstan's feld or open ground and perhaps reflecting the situation of the … derives from the Old English lad, meaning a watercourse or a crossing of a watercourse. 2 Gipsy Lane branching … 4 The early spelling of the name was normally Beveresford or a variant. 5 It has been suggested that the name derives …