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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles (N. E.) from Chepstow; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization … below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been completely reorganized … held in 1390 when a man was robbed of 100 s. worth of woollen cloth between Godstow and Witney between 24 and 29 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of POTASH had to … of wool. OED earliest date of use: 1399 Sources: Acts. Woollen cloth [woollen-cloth; woollen cloath; wollen clothe; wollen cloth; …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged 18. [ 5] Woodbridge, Benjamin of Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Nov., 1638, aged … D.Med. 1699; one of these names F.R.S., died at Kersie in Scotland 20 Aug., 1761. Wright, Francis of Balliol Coll., …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles … a pleasing object in the landscape. The manufacture of woollen-cloths is carried on extensively; in the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 … mill was possibly that at Frogmarsh worked by J. W. Darke, woollen manufacturer, in 1820. 63 It descended with the … were sold. In 1879 they were occupied by E. T. Fox & Co., woollen manufacturers, 73 who remained there until c. 1900 …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The wealth of woodland in Woodford long determined the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while restricting the amount of arable land. The Domesday survey with its estimate that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts … This place was honoured by a visit from James VI. of Scotland, on his route to take possession of the crown of … and valuable stone-quarries of the township; there are manufactories of paper and earthenware, and about 40 hands …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, … and contains some stone-quarries. There are, a silk and a woollen manufactory, some bleach-works, three tanyards, four … no houses in the neighbourhood; and when the earthenware manufactories of Gresley and Swadlincote were extended to the …