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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… by a determined party of 400 men, provided with crow-bars, pick-axes, and other instruments; so that numbers of fine …
Survey of London
… After a good start, progress slowed from 1826 and did not pick up speed for a decade. 351. Lloyd Baker Estate. Typical … pull out of their commitments altogether. Building did not pick up again until the late 1820s, after builders were …
The Port and Trade of Early Elizabethan London: Documents
The Port and Trade of Early Elizabethan London: Documents
Finance and trade under Edward III
… Sheriff and the Chamberlain may come and have the first pick of their wares on behalf of the King, for the ships may …
Old and New London
… by the regular fishmongers and "bummarees," who have the pick of the best there. As soon as these are gone the … was adjudged a judicial nipper. N. B.That a hoyster is a pick pocket, and a nipper is termed a pick-purse, or a cut-purse." THE OLD COAL EXCHANGE ( see page …