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A History of the County of Somerset
… Westonzoyland until the 20th century as a pleasure fair. 2 TRADE AND INDUSTRY A furnace or forge was recorded in 1308 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… importance, the decay of the haven, and the loss of its trade, with various other causes, contributed to the decline … in the kingdom. The port formerly carried on an extensive trade with France, Spain, Norway, and Newfoundland, in the … put an end to its commerce with that country; the trade with Newfoundland was, in a great measure, transferred …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The Guildhall (10), and the Statue of King George III (9); trade and commerce are represented by the Custom House (12), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a cotton-factory, and two breweries; but the chief trade of the place is in salt, of which large quantities are …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 19th century: in 1821 more families were supported by trade and industry than by agriculture, and only slightly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the world were built here. After the peace in 1815, this trade greatly declined; a few years ago, however, it revived, … The alum manufacture, which formerly constituted the main trade of the port, great quantities of alum being exported to … in 1753, and was for many years an important branch of trade: upon an average, about eight ships were sent out …
Old and New London
… as the upper part of the boot is always called in the trade. There is, too, an admixture of men's 'button-boots,' …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… been an object of importance with those interested in the trade of the town, and many great improvements have been … light. Whitehaven is a place of very considerable trade, of which coal forms the chief article: in addition to … much of late years, through the extension of the cotton-trade. The ecclesiastical district of Whitfield was …
Old and New London
… English, Scots, noblemen, fencers (which is but an ignoble trade), are all to him alike in respect of justice. Nay, I …
Old and New London
… of disease. Close by is the office of the Board of Trade and Plantations, and also that of the Statistical and Commercial Department of the Board of Trade. One of the almost forgotten memories of the …