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Survey of London
… South Kensington' and the Science and Art Department CHAPTER V - 'South Kensington' and the Science and Art Department 'Let us strive only to get …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 4, ref. 11781] Abbey, Harry C., North St, York, joiner and cm (17871810). Died September 1810 aged 38; stock sold March 1811. [D; York Courant, 17 September 1810 and 18 March 1811] Abbey, Jonathan, Queen St, Seven Dials, … [GL, Sun MS vol. 242, p. 551] Abbey, Thomas, 11 Orange St and 15 Crooks Row, St Pancras, London, carver, gilder and …
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington
This volume covers 14 parishes in south-west Middlesex. Among the area's extensive modern suburbs are the vestiges of the earlier agricultural villages, and the best known of the surviving large houses are Syon House, Osterley Park, and Strawberry Hill.
A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 4, Agriculture
This volume is devoted to the story of agriculture in Shropshire from the earliest times to the present day.
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 4
A thematic account of the agricultural, industrial, social and sporting history of the county. Also includes an account of the royal forests.
A History of the County of Somerset
… Abbas and Temple Combe ABBAS AND TEMPLE COMBE Abbas and Temple Combe in 1838 Abbas and Temple Combe Temple Combe …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish comprises by measurement 1884 acres of land; and contains good building-stone of the granite species, and limestone, both of which are quarried. The living is a … gorse and fern; the lower grounds are more favourable to agriculture. A few pits on the hills yield an inferior coal, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Abbess Roding Introduction ABBESS RODING Abbess Roding and Beauchamp Roding (q.v.) form the south-west part of the … fertile, and is in fact reckoned among the best in Essex. Agriculture is mainly arable, the most important crops being … opened in 1931. 31 Throughout the history of the parish agriculture has been almost the only occupation of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the hamlet of Cevnpawl in the hundred of Kevenlleece, and the hamlet of Gollon in the hundred of Knighton, county … to St. Mary, was founded in 1148, by Cadwallon ab Madoc, and was originally designed for sixty brethren of the … population of which is divided between the occupations of agriculture and fishing. Lord Dinorben is lord of the manor, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… bank of the Nethan, a fine stream tributary to the Clyde, and is in the centre of the parish, and contains the … potatoes, and turnips, which, from the improved system of agriculture, and the draining and reclaiming of waste lands, … with clay, and generally very fertile; the system of agriculture is in an improved state, and the crops are oats, …