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Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first reliable reference to York is …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … formed the river approach, was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, … inquisition post mortem on Bishop William Alnewick in 1437 states that he held five cottages in addition to his …
Survey of London
… Place and George Court CHAPTER 10: YORK PLACE ( formerly Of Alley) AND GEORGE COURT York Place, a narrow court running … to the New Exchange, but within the first few years of its existence it became known as Of Alley, a name which it retained until circa 1855 when it …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 30 September 1817, stating that Zannetti's Repository of Art at 94 Market St had been established for the last 20 … and later at no. 87. Advertisement, headed Repository of Arts is cited, stating that his wares included prints, drawings, paintings, busts of famous men, lamps, sideboards, barometers and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the centre of production in Europe was in SAXONY. Although the product itself was long known, the method of manufacture there was only explained in the late … Rees still saw Saxony as the most important source of zaffre into the early nineteenth century [Rees (1819-20, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Fishes, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals FISHES The fishes of Somerset have received a good deal of attention from the … GANOIDS **97. Sturgeon. Acipenser sturio, Linn. Baker states very large sturgeons come up the Parret, sometimes … Sylvia undata (Boddaert). Mr. Stanley Lewis of Wells states that he discovered this species in 1900 in the Mendip …
A History of the County of Somerset
… NON-MARINE Favoured in its situation and the quality of its soil, the county of Somerset yields a record of inland mollusca above the … (congelatella, Clk). Bristol, Brislington; larv between united leaves of willow in July (Wilkinson) Diurnea fagella, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… further search will do much more than extend our knowledge of the distribution throughout the county of the species recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few … valves, uneven of surface, bare or sparingly hirsute, and united by a toothed hinge. The animals are incapable of …