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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of good quality, which is quarried for burning into lime. The navigable river Yealm, which gives name to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and dairy farming, with particular emphasis on cheese-making. 82 In 1851 Yelford's two farms employed 12 labourers. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… converting the pig-iron into castings, with fineries for making the refined metal used by the tin-manufacturers. The … in these are partly used in drying malt, and burning lime. Great quantities of limestone are quarried at the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… waste. Many of the women and children are employed in lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books … hills, almost entirely; and a narrow ridge, producing lime of a peculiarly excellent quality for agricultural … Western Moorlands; but it is only used for burning into lime, or mending roads. Some of the limestone on the northern …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… sense; 688-95 in the second sense Found made of BIRCH, LIME See also OX BOW, WAIN YOKE. Sources: Houghton, … was due to the quality of the SALT used in their making [Glasse (1747)]. Such hams were widely advertised. OED …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… closed until April 1645. 24 The dam was altered in the making of the Foss Navigation in 1797 and removed in 1856. …
Survey of London
… a window in and doing other works at the King's chamber, making a wardrobe for the King's chaplains, and doing … in respect of the purchase of timber and other items for making a hall ("aulam") at the Archbishop of York's house for …