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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… cm (1748). Reported as knocked down and robbed of a watch and money by two fellows under Cripplegate. [ London …
A Dictionary of London
… 1349-50 (Ct. H.W. I. 628). No later mention. Probably a Watch house. Waetmundes Stane In a grant by King Aelfred and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… century, with crosswings at the N. and S. ends. (7). The Watch House, 750 yards E. of the church, was built in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… most of them are of two storeys. The later 15th-century Watch House, on the north-west corner of the crossroads north …
A History of the County of Stafford
… In 1770 there was a dog-chain maker in New Street and a watch-chain maker in Hole End. 93 In 1813 there were six … in the 19th century. In 1813 there were clock- and watch-makers and a pump-maker in the town and an edge-tool … of 26 firms, pocket-books of 19, ladies' fancy bags of 9, watch-guards of 5, and footballs of four. Two firms chiefly …
A History of the County of Stafford
… H.C. 116, App. III, pp. 2047, 2051 (1835), xxv. W.T.C., Watch Cttee. Mins. 1836-52, 15 and 19 Jan. 1836. Staffs. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… warders every day from 'the better sort' of inhabitants to watch the various entrances to the town and keep out any … are mentioned. 23 During the plague threat of 1665 the watch was used to control access to the town at night, a … formed for the town, apparently an attempt to revive the watch. The town was divided into six districts, each with a …