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Survey of London
… the following year. 72 The design was made gratuitously by David Laing, architect of the Customs House. Although the … Commissioners: Deeds, 90782. A new view of London, by E. Hatton, 1708. The London pleasure gardens of the 18th century, by W. Wroth, 1896. Gent. Mag. Newspaper cutting, 30th June, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… were left to the upkeep of various lights in the church, e.g. Rood light, St. Thomas light, St. Katherine light, … trustees of the lecturer branch of this charity. In 1843 David Salter by deed, dated 6 October, granted and conveyed … least, whether receiving parochial relief or not. The said David Salter died in 1848, and by his will, proved in the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… the reign of Edward I trouble arose between the abbot and David de Jarpenville, lord of Bushey, because the latter had … Abbatis, xiv cent.). Land called Oxonage or Oxan gehaeg(e) was given to the abbey of St. Albans by Abbot Alfric, 98 … The estate is now the property of his son Mr. Walter R. Blackwell, 170 who resides at Oxhey Place, an entirely new …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… is given as '? soda-ash (which is made from sea-weed)'. David Ramsay, discussing the bleaching of LINEN YARN, was … Anon (1705), Ramsay (1750). Weeding dog [dogges to weede w'th] A TOOL for removing deep-rooted weeds, found only once in the Dictionary Archive as 'ij dogges to weede w'th' [Inventories (1589)]. Randle Holme called it 'a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 2 miles (S. S. W.) from Alford; containing 88 inhabitants. The living is a … of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 5 miles (E.) from Stratford; containing 1434 inhabitants, of whom 694 … and the learned and pious Dr. George Bull, Bishop of St. David's, was born in the city, in the year 1634. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… land tax on the estate until 1790 or later. 28 The Revd. David Reynell, husband of another beneficiary, was described … The Revd. Edward Henry Brice sold it in 1906 to Miss E. M. Brice (d. 1961). The estate then comprised Grabham's … close of land in Wembdon in 1535. 92 V.C.H. Som. i. 499. P.R.O., DL 25/299. Cal. Inq. p.m. vii, pp. 878; Sanders, Eng. …
A History of the County of Essex
… and the tithe £80. 64 By 1810 the glebe comprised 33 a. 3 r. 13 p., most of it near the rectory house although 12½ a. … and many inhabitants. It was still in use in 1995. 11 E.C.C., Four Ch. Excavations, 43; below, plate 1. Newcourt, … T/A 547/1. Chelm. Dioc. Yr. Bk. (1946). Val. Norw. ed. W. E. Lunt, 347; Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 23; Valor Eccl. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Ages are perhaps indicated by the surnames Bukere (i.e. bleacher) and Forester recorded in the 13th century. 57 … families existed respectively by the 1870s and by 1882. David Kensett (fl. 1882-1903) was also involved in horse and … Below, churches. B.L. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xxiii, f. 27v. W.S.R.O., Add. MS. 4391 (TS. cat.); cf. Cal. Pat. 1549-51, …
The Environs of London
… and endowed by the founder with his manor of Ham, (i. e. Westham,) and the manor which had belonged to Ranulph the … 1715; Edmund Mountague, Esq. Deputy Governor of Fort St. David's in the East Indies, 1730; Thomas Hewlett, Gent. 1775; … of the Rev. John Baptist Denis, 1772; George Edwards, F. R. S. 82, 1773; Mrs. Sarah Jennings, aged 95, 1773; John …
A History of the County of Essex
… of calico-printers appears to have remained. This was D. & E. Burford, later E. Burford & Co., of Stratford, which … Town. Farther south, on the Thames, the factory of S. W. Silver & Co., rubber manufacturers (1852), was followed by … by foreign competition. By 1890 it had been taken over by David Martineau & Sons, but in 1893 it was badly damaged by …