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A History of the County of Somerset
… field was north-west of the town, between Tuncombe and the mill stream beside North Street. It was later known variously … Hornsby's drills, a drying kiln for corn, a bone-crushing mill powered by water, and 'scarifiers' and pressers. The … factory with 180 hands in South Street by 1850. 379 Tail mill was acquired c. 1825 by Richard Hayward (d. 1852), a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Hollywille' in 1315), beside the brook in the south. 10 A mill was subsequently built on the latter site. 11 Marshwood … Three cottages lay at Hollowells in the area of the former mill, and another was sited near the former parsonage house … meadow 20 s., pasture in severalty 5 s., wood 1 s., and a mill producing 13 s. 4 d. 72 Subsequently, according to …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Willow Bridge, flows by Jolby manor-house and turns Jolby Mill 11; further east it becomes the millrace of Croft Mill and then enters the Tees. Spa Beck must be the stream …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… At the time of the Domesday Survey there is mention of a mill in Itchel worth 3 s. 68 In 1237 Reginald de Cunde quitclaimed land and a mill in Itchel and Ewshott to William de Coleville. 68a This mill is described as in utter ruin and of no value in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… itself, Hays Bridge (in Wardington) to the north, and Slat Mill Ford (in Bourton) to the south. Few of Cropredy's … hands of his tenants. 212 In 1968 there were still five mill cuts along the Cherwell within the bounds of the ancient parish, though that which supplied Cropredy Upper Mill had recently been filled in. They may represent the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… yearly for the manor of Cropthorne. In 1086 there was a mill at Cropthorne which paid 10 s. and 20 'stiches' of eels yearly. 38 In 1240 the Prior of Worcester owned a mill there, which paid 35 s. and 30 'stiches' of eels yearly, … who had sold the mills to William de Beauchamp. 42 The mill of Cropthorne is again mentioned in the time of Queen …
A History of the County of Somerset
… fruit farm at Quarkhill. 137 The mid 14th-century fulling mill suggests early cloth manufacture, and tailors are found … century, 140 and a clothier was still renting the fulling mill in 1673. 141 The trade seems to have declined … are suggested by field names south-east of Trowbridge mill and at Lawford. 152 Reference to other occupations …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at 40s. a year, perhaps their rentable value; in 1359 mill profits were 10 s. 114 Court profits were small in 1359, …
A History of the County of Surrey
… to both structures are well worthy of notice. Mention of a mill in Crowhurst occurs in 1241, when Stephen the miller … 11 s. annually. 32 In 1406 William atte Hurst granted the mill called 'Crowherstmelle,' which he had obtained from the …