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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… runs at the distance of about a mile and a half. The manufacture of stockings affords employment to about … greatly extended and improved by the growth of the worsted manufacture; the soil is various, but principally adapted to … beck. Its inhabitants are chiefly employed in the worsted manufacture, which is carried on to a very great extent, …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… some kind of frieze, Wales having enjoyed a reputation for manufacture of friezes: " Rocatus, coloris roca seu rupis, ut …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… uncertain, but probably so called either because its manufacture was accompanied by a singing noise, or because …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… marks sterling; a set of three silver cups of Flemish manufacture, each bearing four lions upon a shield; also his …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… been celebrated in the Middle Ages, and still is, for the manufacture of fine linen. He mentions "Sherts of Reyns" and …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… 3 Or Tenter-ground, used for stretching cloth during its manufacture. The coincidence of the name of the owner of the …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… from stapelhof (markethouse), nor from any process of manufacture known as "steeling" cloth. A suggestion that the …
Survey of London
… a flower maker, the other three lithographers. Trimming manufacture, related to flower making, was carried on at Nos …