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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Badgeworth, Upper division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's Barton, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 4 … of Settle, W. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York; containing 3535 inhabitants, … by Messrs. Hornby and Roughsedge; and there are some potteries for various kinds of earthenware. A market is held …
Old and New London
… Berkeley Square and its neighbourhood CHAPTER XXVI. BERKELEY SQUARE, AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. "Fountains and trees our wearied pride do please, E'en in the midst of …
Old and New London
… in Tooley StreetDeath of Braidwood, the FiremanThe "Lion and Key"The Borough CompterThe "Ship and Shovel"Carter Lane Meeting HouseDr. Gill and Dr. RipponThe "Three Tailors of Tooley Street"The "Isle …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, a port, borough, market-town, parish, and county of itself, 55 miles (E. by S.) from Edinburgh, and 334 (N. by W.) from London; containing 8484 inhabitants. … from the British terms, Aber, the mouth of a river, and Wic, a town, is by Camden and other antiquaries …
Old and New London
… Green MuseumSir Richard Wallace's CollectionNichol Street and its PopulationThe French Hospital in Bethnal Green and its present Site. According to Mr. Lysons, Bethnal Green … He was wounded at Evesham, fighting by his father's side, and was found among the dead by a baron's daughter, who sold …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… than 10 a. each, three with 11-20 a., two with 41-50 a., and one (Treadway, with 61 a.) with more than 50 a. When the demesne was divided and sold a few years later, only one 4-a. close was … by the occupier. 37 There were minor boundary changes and some division and recombination of fields both before and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Bethnal Green Social and Cultural Activities SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES There were four alehouses in 1552, 14 74 in 1716, 15 99 in 1730, 16 84 in 1785, 17 and 105 in 1825. 18 There were 117 public houses and 100 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… 8 miles (S.) from Llandilo-Vawr; comprising the Upper and Lower divisions, and containing 1109 inhabitants. This parish, which is … Swansea, is about five miles in length, from east to west, and about a mile and a half in breadth. It is bounded on the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… copy or on the web, whether published or in manuscript, and whether early-modern or recent. For example, 'Anon … and rich Jellies. With the best Rules for Preserving, Potting, Pickling, &c. Fitted for all Occasions: But more … Branches of Pastry and Confectionary, the Art of Potting, Pickling, Preserving, &c., Cookery for the Sick, and …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… in 1946 close to platforms, themselves unploughed and undated, at SP 12050672, 200 yds. N.W. of a Roman villa … by the natural scarp, dropping steeply to the river. On W. and S. the bank is about 27 ft. wide and not more than 1 ft. high, being sliced by the modern road …