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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… 'a yard-wide GOWN' where a length of fabric suitable for making a gown was being described. An earlier equivalent is … COVERLET yarn, or as 'for BLANKETs', 'Grogram yarn for making TAPESTRY', for KNITting, and 'COARSE for SACKs'. It … DUTCH METAL, EBONY, EDGING LACE, FIDDLE, FLANNEL, FRINGE, FURNITURE, GALLIPOT, GARDEN POT, GIMP, GIRDLE, GUM, HAFT, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but no services; the croft may well have been ½ yardland, making the total holding of the halfyardlanders 1 hide. There …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… part of the parish, and the clay is well adapted for making tiles for roofing and draining, for which purpose the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and dairy farming, with particular emphasis on cheese-making. 82 In 1851 Yelford's two farms employed 12 labourers. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… converting the pig-iron into castings, with fineries for making the refined metal used by the tin-manufacturers. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… waste. Many of the women and children are employed in lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books … lords, who were summoned to attend this parliament, not making their appearance, the English lords decreed that an … under the great seal of oyer and terminer, and after making several other arrangements, departed for Hull, where …