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A History of the County of Somerset
… had been abandoned or converted to residential use. FISHERIES There was a fishery at Sowy in 1189. A thousand eels were due from another fishery. 15 Three fisheries were farmed out c. 1260 16 and in 1308 Statheweir …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… a half long and a league broad, 20 a. of meadow, and three fisheries rendering 2,000 eels. Both before and after the … 37 In the 13th century and later, Fountains abbey enjoyed fisheries in both the Derwent and in Alemar, the 'eel pond', …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for passengers in 1846. Many boats are employed in the fisheries, Whitstable being a royalty of fishery, or …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… nearly 100 boats are annually launched for the fisheries, and from seventy to eighty persons are engaged in … and Glasgow manufacturers. The chief trade is in the fisheries off the coast, which are very extensive, and for … scenery. The Don contains trout and salmon; and fisheries were formerly established on it, but they are …