The History and Topography of Bradford, (in the County of York,) with Topographical Notices of Its ParishLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841 - 414 Seiten |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The History and Topography of Bradford, (In the County of York, ) With ... John James Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
The History and Topography of Bradford, (In the County of York, ) With ... John James Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2022 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abbey acres of land aforesaid Allerton ancient Archbishop belonging Bierley Bolling Brad built Byland Abbey called carucates chapel Clayton considerable copyhold Court Rolls Court-house daughter death Doomsday Duchy Court Earl of Lincoln Earl of Newcastle Eccleshill Edward Elizabeth erected Esquire Fairfax Ferrand ford freeholders granted Halifax hall Haworth heirs held Henry Horton hundred Ilbert inhabitants of Bradford Inquisition John John of Gaunt King King's knight Lacy Lancaster Leeds Lister Little Horton Little-Horton lord Manningham manor of Bradford mentioned messuage mills Moor neighbourhood North Bierley Oxenhope oxgangs oxgangs of land parish of Bradford persons Pontefract possessions present probable reign rent residence road Robert says Sharp shew shillings Shuttleworth Sir Richard Tempest soke sold stone Swillington tenants tenure Thomas Thornton tion town township trustees vicar of Bradford Wakefield Westgate Whitaker Wibsey William Wilsden Wood yearly Yorkshire
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 113 - Britain's isle resounds, To him whose goodness to the poor abounds ; Long shall his name in British annals shine, And grateful ages offer at his shrine ! By this, our trade, are thousands daily fed, By it supplied with means to earn their bread, In various forms our trade its work...
Seite 113 - The apprentices and masters' sons, however, formed the most showy part of the procession, their caps being richly adorned...
Seite 113 - ... were very costly, from the profusion of their decorations. The shepherd, shepherdess, and swains were attired in light green. The woolsorters, from their number and the height of their plumes of feathers, which were for the most part of different colours and formed in the shape of fleur-de-lis, had a dashing appearance. The comb-makers carried before them the instruments here so much celebrated, raised on standards, together with golden fleeces, rams' heads with gilded horns, and other emblems.
Seite 47 - Now have we many chimneys ; and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the house, so it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good-man and his family from the quack or pose, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted.
Seite 44 - Temple speaks (/), a sort of people in a condition of downright servitude, used and employed in the most servile works, and belonging, both they, their children and effects, to the lord of the soil, like the rest of the cattle or stock upon it.
Seite 308 - THE BORROWER WILL BE CHARGED AN OVERDUE FEE IF THIS BOOK 18 NOT RETURNED TO THE LIBRARY ON OR BEFORE THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW. NON-RECEIPT OF OVERDUE NOTICES DOES NOT EXEMPT THE BORROWER FROM OVERDUE FEES. I...
Seite 59 - He then delivers the string to the man from Horton, and winds his horn thrice. The original horn, resembling that of Tutbury in Staffordshire, is still preserved, though stripped of its original ornaments.
Seite 113 - Borrowed from India or the coast of Spain ; Our native soil with wool our trade supplies, While foreign countries envy us the prize. No foreign broil our common good annoys Our country's product all our art employs ; Our fleecy flocks abound in every vale, Our bleating lambs proclaim the joyful tale. So let not Spain with us attempt to vie, Nor India's wealth pretend to soar so high ; Nor Jason pride him in his Colchian...
Seite 59 - Manningham (then an adjoining village), and his heirs, three messuages and six bovates of land, to come to Bradford on the blowing of a horn, on St.
Seite 47 - ... as well lodged as the lord of the town : So well were they contented. Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed : As for servants, if they had any sheet above them it was well : For seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvass, and rased their hardened hides.