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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… commonly eaten by the poorer inhabitants. Crabs and lobsters of an enormous size are caught; the spider crab, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… to pasturage. The coasts abound with oysters and lobsters, and several boats are engaged in taking the latter: … parish, and are employed in conveying kelp to market: the lobsters taken here are regularly sent by smacks to London. A … the immediate neighbourhood. The fish that are taken are, lobsters, cod, haddocks, and other kinds, which are found in …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… traders allow 3 s. 6 d. for each live fish. Crabs and lobsters are taken by a bag-net, fixed to an iron hoop twenty … generally near the rocks, and is then hauled out rapidly. Lobsters are found in deeper water, in winter fourteen or … in summer with an iron hook at low water. Both crabs and lobsters are kept alive in large boxes moored in the harbour, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… s. 2 d.; 200 "pimple," 4 s.; mussels, 2 d.; 380 crabs and lobsters, 12 s. 8 d.; 116 shallows, 15 s. 4 d. To Wm. Honyng, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… Christchurch: 1 beef, 16 muttons, 4 salmons, 2 pikes, 19 lobsters. The prior of Bendham: 1 beef, 4 cygnets, 6 gulls. …
Old and New London
… remains were found, consisting of shells, crabs, and lobsters, the teeth and vertebr of sharks and other fish, …