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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, with a chain hanging from each end onto which a PAIL could be attached and thus carried with less strain. OED earliest date of use: … to clothiers in towns like Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds. There the cloths were fulled, frizzed and perhaps …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… area (W. of the Ouse), the Central area (between the Ouse and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the following … occupation include a bronze hanging bowl, pottery loom weights, and a bone trial piece. 3 William I built the first …
Survey of London
… as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in … The monks of Westminster were the lords of the fee, and a yearly payment had to be made to them of a taper of 2 … monks, in which William was referred to as their dearest and special friend, was obtained before May, 1200, 2 and a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… paper on the subject to the Somerset Archological and Natural History Society in 1851 ( Proceed. pp. 95110). … have since been made to the list given by Mr. Baker, and which is the source whence the present account has been … prefixed to the name indicates a freshwater species and two asterisks denote occurrence in both fresh and salt …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Molluscs and Insects ZOOLOGY MOLLUSCS NON-MARINE Favoured in its situation and the quality of its soil, the county of Somerset yields a … the Devonian, Old Red Sandstone, Mountain Limestone, Coal Measures, New Red Sandstone (Trias), Lias, Oolite, Greensand …