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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ancient parish of Fisherton de la Mere formed, with Dinton and Teffont Magna, a detached part of the hundred. 1 It lay on the River Wylye and consisted of two villages, Fisherton proper and Bapton. … the parish was without woodland. In the 19th century small plantations began to appear on the north slope of the valley. …
A History of the County of Essex
… 4 has been the source as much of bad neighbourliness and litigation as of profit to Colchester. The charter of … that, as a result of the insatiable demands of the export trade, Colchester and Maldon were both plundering the prime … by developments at Brightlingsea, whose sea-borne trade had collapsed totally by 1610. Its later, modest, …
Old and New London
… Fishmongers' Hall and Fish Street Hill CHAPTER I. FISHMONGERS' HALL AND FISH … honest but unheroic business of stock fishmonger, a great trade in Catholic times, when fish was in demand for frequent … obtained an Act of Parliament to entirely throw open the trade, and compelled the Fishmongers to admit that their …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… side of the valley through which the river Ver runs; and was in ancient times called Verlam-stedt, in allusion to … a light visible at a distance of ten miles. The foreign trade is chiefly in corn, flour, flax, cotton, sugar, rice, timber, and various wooden wares, from the British plantations, and other ports: a coastingtrade is carried on …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Dean. It was formerly the site of a Cistercian abbey 42 and the ancient parish, which covered 1,749 a. (707.8 ha.), … sheep farmers, 40 the abbey having been active in the wool trade by the early 13th century. 41 Its flocks, which were … 1973, 980. Below, Forest of Dean, industry (other ind. and trade). Flaxley Cart. pp. 1, 17-19; V.C.H. Glos. ii. 94. For …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… of 1,255 a., about eight miles south-east of Leicester and about seven miles north of Market Harborough. The soil is mainly boulder clay and blue-grey clay with some gravel. A stream flows north … C. Badcock, Fleckney, 1516, and frontispiece; on the brick trade, see p. 87. Local inf. V.C.H. Leics. iii. 157. Farnham. …
Old and New London
… STREETGENERAL INTRODUCTION. Frays in Fleet StreetChaucer and the FriarThe Duchess of Gloucester doing Penance for … time. He saw through the old fallacy about the balance of trade, and explained clearly the true causes of the … before the Restoration, Mr. Farr, a barber, began the trade here, trusting probably to the young Temple barristers …
Old and New London
… OdditiesSir John LeachFuneral of Lord GilffordMrs Clark and the Duke of YorkWolsey in his PompStrafford"Honest … that period it had become so impassable to knight, monk, and citizen, that John Breton, Custos of London, had it barred up, to "hinder any harm," and the Bishop of Chichester, whose house was there (now …
Old and New London
… ChambersThe Settlement after the Great FirePeter Wilkins and his Flying WivesFetter LaneWaller's Plot and its VictimsPraise-God Barebone and his DoingsCharles Lamb … who are mighty sticklers in this new kind of talking trade, which many ignorant coxcombs call preaching; whereunto …
Old and New London
… First LucifersPerkins' Steam GunA Link between Shakespeare and Shoe LaneFlorio and his Labours"Cogers' Hall"Famous "Cogers"A Saturday … the publication ever made its appearance, while the coffin-trade of the 'undertaker' all at once returned to its normal …