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Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… the Importation of Tobacco without Licence of him and the Council, there from and after the first Day of May Anno, Dom. 1638. after which … and being not there suffered to Sell, was forced to Galloway, and was cast away going into another Harbour: And …
Survey of London
… The West India Docks Power and transport Power and Transport Early Steam Engines. Steam power was little … horizontal compound condensing engine, and four 33ft-long Galloway boilers. There were 8ft-diameter suction and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… parish of Barony, suburbs of the city of Glasgow, and county of Lanark, 2 miles (E. by S.) from Glasgow; … are commodiously arranged. The cattle are of the Galloway breed, except on some of the dairyfarms for which … Torthorwald TORTHORWALD, a parish, in the county of Dumfries; containing, with the villages of Collin and Roucan, …
The Environs of London
… Name. This place in ancient records is called Toteham, and Totham. Ham signifies a dwelling; the meaning of Tot or … London. The parish is about 15 miles in circumference 2, and is bounded on the east by the river Lea, which divides it … King John in 1199 17. This David, who was Earl of Angus, Galloway, and Huntingdon, died in 1219, having married Maud, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… passed with Huntingdon through Maud, daughter of Waltheof and Judith, to her successive husbands Simon de St. Liz (d. c. 1111) and David of Scotland, each of whom received the earldom. … Margaret, the eldest, had become the wife of Alan, lord of Galloway, and mother of Devorgild, wife of John de Balliol, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… into three parts by the parallel streams of the Conder and Cocker, flowing mainly south-west through the central … but turning north-west to form the boundaries of Thurnham and Holleth respectively. The old chapel lies on the south … as Gawgett. It is supposed that the cattle drovers from Galloway gave a name to the road and then to the hamlet that …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… Treasury Books and Papers April 1742 April 1742 April 1. Whitehall, Treasury … Commissioners to be asked why William Maxwell, tidesman at Dumfries, has been suspended. The Taxes Commissioners' report … Commissioners. William Corbett to be Comptroller of Dumfries, loco John Young, preferred. The Customs …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… Treasury Books and Papers August 1735 August 1735 August 1. 116. The Barons … concerning dividing the post stage between Carlisle and Dumfries by making Annan a post town dependent on Carlisle, … Postmaster at Annan a moiety of the salary of the same at Dumfries. Agreed to. Order for a warrant for issuing to Ann …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… Treasury Books and Papers February 1729 February 1729 February 3. 55. … Book XXVI. p. 189.] February 7. 62. The magistrates of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, and Annan set forth that the rivers … of the eastern and western parts of the shire and of Dumfries with Berwick, in case of any flood of waters. The …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… Treasury Books and Papers February 1743 February 1743 Feb. 1. Whitehall, … of which has been paid from the commencement of the grant, and stating that she has surrendered the grant as the only … read. Warrant ordered. A petition of James, Earl of Galloway, read for a grant of certain feu duties of the …