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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand four hundred and eighty nine, and of our reign the second. …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… merchant tailor, carver and gilder (1753). Employed four non-freemen for three months in both 1753 and 1754. [GL, … and Pavements. He is listed in 1769 as one of the twenty-four Directors of the Laudable Society for the Benefit of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Brus dying without issue, his lands were divided among his four sisters, and the lordship was conveyed, by marriage with … streets at right angles. Within the last twenty or thirty years, many handsome houses and several hotels have … of 250 tons' burthen; and to Norwich, a distance of thirty-two miles, for smaller vessels, without the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… in the 16th century and has been widened on the E. side, four of the ribs being old and two modern. The approach on … a pendant (Plate 160) at the intersection, consisting of four free ribs and a boss; this is probably the ceiling that … The work consists of a roughly circular enclosure of about acre, defended, on its western half, by three ramparts with …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… 3.05 10 32.8 1 hectare (10,000 sq. metres) = 2.47 acres 1 acre = 0.4049 hectare Hectares Acres 0.40 1 2.5 0.80 2 4.9 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 34 The name North End described the area by c. 1813. 35 Four cottages near the railway were built by the railway … total was 24 and Bilsham's apparently 8. 46 Eighty-four parishioners signed the protestation in 1642, 47 and 122 … to practise physic and surgery without licence in 1742. 82 Thirty-six families out of 92 in work in 1811 were supported …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… wide; yd wide; yard-wide] A term applied to the width of a piece of cloth. Until the invention of the 'Flying Shuttle' … the term, but the first quotation dated 1766, refers to '1 piece yard wide quilt'. However, the second quote, dated …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the N.W. side. The remains of former settlement exist in four places. Immediately S.E. of Castle Barn are two building …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… two cusped wind-braces similarly enriched. Fittings Bells: four; 1st, 2nd and 3rd by John Martin, 1671; 4th by John …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the parish. Yarlington village lies around the junction of four lanes: Pound Road to the west, West Street to the … 84 In 1746 tenants were allowed to stock up to 3 sheep per acre on the common field and two sheep tellers were … Records of Yarlington (1890), 6, 10-12. Census, 1991. A piece of Forest Marble is known as the Seamark stone: Rogers, …