 In building and furniture of their houses, till of late years, they used the old manner of the Saxons ; for they had their fire in the midst of the house against a hob of clay, and their oxen also under the same roof ; but within these forty years it...  The Monthly Magazine - Page 4251807Full view - About this book
 | Daniel King - Cheshire (England) - 1778 - 570 pages
...more mall be faid thereof. In building, and furniture of their houfes, till of laie years, they ufed the old manner of the Saxons : For they had their fire in the midft of the houfe, againft a hob of clay, and their oxen alfo under the lame roof; but within thefe... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - Kent (England) - 1814 - 380 pages
...of the farm houses in Cheshire, is the following remark. "In building and furniture of their houses, till of late years, they used the old manner of the Saxons; for they had their fire in the midst of their house against a hob of clay, and their oxen under the same roof, but within these forty years... | |
 | Kirkstall abbey - 1827 - 252 pages
...chimneys were introduced into farmhouses in Cheshire : " In building and furniture of their houses, till of late years, they used the old manner of the...had their fire in the midst of the house, against a hob of clay, and their oxen under the same roof; but within these forty years they have builded chimneys."... | |
 | Joseph Hemingway - Chester (England) - 1831 - 478 pages
...observation : — "In building and furniture of their houses, till of late years, they used the old manners of the Saxons. For they had their fire in the midst of the house, against a hob of clay, and their oxen under the same roof ; but within these forty years, it is altogether... | |
 | Robert Southey - Commonplace books - 1849 - 650 pages
...century. King, writing 1G56, in his Vale Royal, says, " In building and furniture of their houses, till of late years, they used the old manner of the...had their fire in the midst of the house, against a hob of clay, and their oxen under the same roof; but within these forty years they have builded chimnies."—The... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 656 pages
...century. King, writin«165(5, in his Yale lloyal, says, " In building and furniture of their houses, till of late years, they used the old manner of the...had their fire in the midst of the house, against a hob of clay, and their oxen under the same roof; but within these forty years they have builded chimnica."... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 428 pages
...century. King, writing 1656, in his Vale Royal, says, " In building and furniture of their houses, till of late years, they used the old manner of the Saxons ; for they had their flre in the midst of the house, against a hob of clav, and their oxen under the same roof; but within... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 366 pages
...acquainted." From King's " Vale Royal," published in 1656, we find that in the Cheshire farmhouses " till of late years, they used the old manner of the...had their fire in the midst of the house, against a hob of clay, and their oven under the same roof; but within these forty years they have builded chimneys."... | |
 | Alfred Ingham - 1879 - 242 pages
...on Cheshire, written about the year 16o9, remarks that " In building and furniture of their houses, till of late years, they used the old manner of the...had their fire in the midst of the house, against a hob of clay, and their oxen under the same roof; but, within these forty years it is altogether altered,... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1881 - 726 pages
...(badgers), and the wild fowl, 1ш goes on to say : — " In building and furniture of their houses, until of late years, they used the old manner of the Saxons,...they had their fire in the midst of the house against a hob of clay, and their oxen also under the same roof, but within these 40 years it is altogether... | |
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