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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Hill Richard Waties Thomas Bird William Carter Walter Comber Humfrey Brian Robert Tymberlake Richard Hughes Thomas …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of woollen twists and stuffs, thence called Worstead (worsted) goods; but this branch of trade, after its …
A History of the County of York
… 126-7. Minst. Fab. R. 329-30. Ibid. 329. Memorials Dean Comber, i (Sur. Soc. 156), 14-15; Drake, Ebor. 522. Minst. … ed. A. Jessopp (1890), i. 174. Drake, Ebor. 523; Mem. Dean Comber, i. 23. Journeys of Celia Fiennes, 77. D. & C. York, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… skirted with wood, is both bold and beautiful. Cotton and worsted spinning affords employment to the villagers of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 141. W.S.R.O., Par. 225/6/4. Berry, Suss. Geneal. annot. Comber, 290-1; Dallaway, Hist. W. Suss. ii (1) (1819), 43; … lands]. Cal. Pat. 1547-8, 303. Berry, Suss. Geneal. annot. Comber, 190; S.R.S. xiv, pp. 21-2. Cal. Pat. 1553, 367; cf. … G.E.C. Baronetage, iv. 194; Berry, Suss. Geneal. annot. Comber, 292-3; S.R.S. xx. 445. W.S.R.O., Add. MS. 28552 (TS. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… KERSEY, Riga, ROPE, SAIL CLOTH, SPUN, TURKEY, WOOLLEN, WORSTED Found describing HOSE, PIN, POLE, STOCKING See also … here is 'yarn made from wool', perhaps as opposed to 'from WORSTED'. Not found in the OED Sources: Acts. Yavonte water …
A History of the County of Oxford
… period, and in the 1780s hemp was also spun; in the 1820s worsted stockings were being knitted. Proceeds generally …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in 1797, and is conducted upon a moderate scale. Carpets, worsted-lace for liveries, gloves, and combs, are made; and … prevails. There is a considerable trade in the spinning of worsted-yarn, and the manufacture of wool cards and combs. … have long been famous for their manufacture of knit worsted and yarn stockings; but this has been, in a great …