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A History of the County of Somerset
… s. rent. 6He acquired further land from Ralph of Langstock mill and his wife Joan of Greinton before 1309 when he … on Langdon in 1305 which was farmed in 1308. 28A second mill was built before 1330, 29and Abbot Monington, 1342-75, … A horsemill and the site of an ancient but unspecified mill were by then let to a tenant. 1In 1535 two millers were …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Meadow, on the east to the Rother, and on the south to the mill-race of South Pond; on the west it was divided from the … and Savaric de Bohun granted a rent of 1 mark from a mill at Midhurst to the abbey of Waverley; 27 and this was … 28 When Sir John de Bohun died in 1284 he owned the North Mill (near the bridge over the Rother), worth 40 s., and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the town was consumed by fire. There is a small spinning-mill for raw silk, which affords employment chiefly for …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… this sense Sources: Inventories (mid-period), Tradecards. Mill puff A type of low-grade WOOL used as FLOCKS to stuff … puff flocks' supporting the idea that the main use of mill puff was in UPHOLSTERY and BEDDING [Newspapers (1750)]. … given the same label. OED earliest date of use: 1624 under Mill See also FLOCKS. Sources: Inventories (early), …
A History of the County of Somerset
… included a common bakehouse by 1477, a common brewhouse, a mill, a tolsey, and two shops by 1482, and a guildhall by … the royal estate and 1 on Garmund's holding. 4 There was a mill at Wick by 1212, another at Kingsbury, and a third on … 5 all three probably successors to Domesday mills. Wick mill, mentioned in 1320, 6 descended with Wick manor and was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… casement windows with wooden surrounds. (9) Deverel Mill (80669868), m. N.E. of the church, includes an original … 7 June, 1790). A cottage adjoining the N. end of the mill, and an extension at the S. end, are probably of the mid … at the N. end of the site are cut by a ditch, probably a mill leet, which appears to be a late feature of the site. …
Survey of London
… centre of light industry, with a dye works, a calendering mill and the pewter and tinfoil works of Messrs. Townsend and … had swallowed up Unanimous Row, and there were also a saw-mill, timber yard, and fish-curing factory. A sugar refinery …