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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with a gentle ascent for three or four miles towards the foot of the moors; its lower levels are also broken by … of the East Riding, which extends from the western foot of the Wolds to the boundary of the West Riding, is … produce also great quantities of black and blue superfine cloths of distinguished merit. Until of late years, when …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in Yorkshire. Kerridge suggests that weaving of most such cloths was done by small farmers in the Peak District as a … like Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds. There the cloths were fulled, frizzed and perhaps dyed. Some Yorkshire cloths were renowned for their capacity to keep out the wet, …
Survey of London
… Gate, see p. 59. Gerbier refers to a room "not above 35 Foot square" near the York Water Gate, of which he had heard …
Survey of London
… there was also all the walls of the gallery hanged with cloths of gold and tissue of divers makings, and cloths of silver likewise on both sides; and rich cloths of baudkin of divers colours. There hung also the …
Survey of London
… acquired a building lease of a plot of ground with 100 foot frontage on the east side of York Road. 96 The new …