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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Found made of Bulrush, CLEFT WILLOW, FLAG, RUSH, SATIN, STRAW, TWIG, WICKER Found as a unit of measure for COAL, … loosely to any similar fibre, such as split RUSHES or STRAW. The bark was cut into strips and coarsely plaited. It … (mid-period), Inventories (late), Rates. Bast hat [bast or straw-hat; bast or strawe hat; bast or straw hat] A HAT made …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… principal branches of manufacture are those of lace and straw-plat, in which many women and children are employed; a … are almost entirely confined to the platting of straw and the making of thread-lace, the latter being pursued … southern districts, where it has been superseded by the straw manufacture. Straw-platting was formerly confined to …
The Environs of London
… probably Saintlow's rabbits) 0 2 0 De stramine & kaff (straw and chaff) 0 1 4 De terris rector. (glebe lands) 1 0 0 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… carried on extensively, has given place to the platting of straw, in which the female part of the population are chiefly …
Old and New London
… by a company who attempted the manufacture of paper from straw; but this failing, the premises passed into the hands …
Old and New London
… They were allowed a twopenny loaf a day, but neither straw for bedding, fire, medical or religious attention; and … upon the Priory of Bermondsey; and what is now a straw-yard skirting the river was once the City Ranelagh, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and alabaster have been discovered. The manufacture of straw-plat is carried on extensively, affording employment to …
Survey of London
… discredited as an instrument of treatment, but fetters and straw were still in use, and the Governors, though resenting … for uncleanly patients on the basement floor so that the straw on which they slept could be easily changed. All the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The making of white thread-lace and edging, and straw-plat, affords employment to a considerable part of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Saturday for provisions, and on Tuesday for hay and straw; and two fairs, for three days each, are annually held, … market for cattle and horses, and also that for hay and straw, are held in Smithfield, a spacious area. Birmingham is … children are maintained, clothed, and employed in platting straw and heading pins, and other kinds of work suited to …