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Calendar of State Papers, Scotland
… Regent's departure, burnt a house and a mill, broke the grindstones, and went his way. Edinburgh. Signed: Tho. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Freestone-quarries supply an excellent material for grindstones. Felling is a station of the Brandling Junction …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… (their masters being John Peytevyne and Ralph Gyno), with "grindstones" and sea-coal, to be carried to "Harflet"; that …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by the river Severn to the king's works at Gloucester. 6 Grindstones were produced before the mid 13th century 7 and … a rent of 3 s. 4 d. each. 8 Throughout the 16th century grindstones and millstones from the Forest area were shipped … burning supported several men living near the Forest. 11 Grindstones were quarried in the south-east, above Blakeney. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the immediate neighbourhood, are raised great numbers of grindstones, well known as "Newcastle grindstones." Messrs. James Easton and Company, in 1842, … numerous seats. The soil is in general unproductive. The grindstones from the quarries here, known as "Newcastle …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… coal strata and the limestone of the Vale of Glamorgan. Grindstones and scythe-hones are made at Llangonoyd, Coyty, …