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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… has loop-lights in the side walls. b(6). Outbuilding at Mill House, 1 m. E.N.E. of the church. b(7). Hale Grange, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… brick and tile manufactories, chymical-works, and a paper-mill. The village occupies a picturesque situation on the … large mills on the river: there are also a small paper-mill, and a mill for throwing silk; and in the parish of Speen, about a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… it, is enlivened by the small streams of Flemington-Mill, Stevenson, and Hagenhope: all these streams abound with … were, the cotton manufacture, for which a spacious mill was erected at an expense of about 25,000; a carpet … reached to its present extent and population. The cotton-mill contains 20,000 spindles, and employs 260 hands, the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1202 on the bridge, the 'bretasches', a chamber, the mill, and the mill-pond reached the considerable figure of 24 3 s. 4 d. 186 In 1203 the king's 'houses', mills, and mill-ponds were repaired at a cost of 14 16 s., as also were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… situated below the church in Lower Street near the paper mill. The control exercised by the borough over matters of … beyond the water. 189 In depositions taken in 1667 in a mill dispute the question was asked whether there was once a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… an important part in the economic life of the town. A mill is first mentioned in 1193, 103 and in 1202 and 1203 mill and pond were repaired at a cost of over 17. 104 During … to the 'mills' 105 and in 1249 the value of the castle mill amounted to the considerable sum of 16 yearly. 106 By …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Road, Bridge Street, and Froghall and past the paper-mill in Holborn. Having entered a culvert by the pool side, … that part of the parish of Stoke-uponTrent adjoining the Mill Pool at not more than 5 s. per ton, and for a further …
A History of the County of Stafford
… source of relief during this period was the borough malt mill erected c. 1657 to provide for the maintenance of the poor. 168 The mill was formally settled in trust for the poor in 1687 … not be necessary; if the income from the leasing of the mill proved insufficient the poor were to have also 12 a year …
A History of the County of Stafford
… to the mills and maintaining in the town a hand grist mill set up by her late husband George Sneyd. The defendant's … against the mayor and corporation who had erected a horse mill within the borough for the grinding of grain and malt, 8 … age, the court allowed Ann Sneyd to maintain the hand mill for her own use during her lifetime: ibid. f. 895. Pape, …