 Another thing that is remarkable is their wayleaves, for when men have pieces of ground between the colliery and the river they sell leave to lead coals over their ground, and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect £20 per annum for this...  The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer - Стр. 60авторы: Samuel Smiles - 1858 - Страниц: 557Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1848 - Страниц: 566
...to Newcastle, says that among the curiosities of the place he found what were called " wayleaves." " When men have pieces of ground between the colliery and the river, they sell leave to lead coals over their ground, and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect £20... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 274
...1680, Noger North, speaking of a Newcastle colliery, observes — "Another thing that is remarkable is their way-leaves; for when men have pieces of ground between the colliery and the river, they sell leave to lead coals over their ground, and so dear, that the owner of a rood of ground will expect... | |
 | History - 1849 - Страниц: 270
...1680, Noger North, speaking of a Newcastle colliery, observes— " Another thing that is remarkable is their way-leaves; for when men have pieces of ground between the colliery and the river, they sell leave to lead coals over their ground, and so dear, that the owner of a rood of ground will expect... | |
 | 1850 - Страниц: 178
...that yielded. In this work he lost £20,000. "Another thing that is remarkable, is their wayleavee ; for, when men have pieces of ground between the colliery and the river, they sell leave to lead coals over thteir ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect... | |
 | 1851 - Страниц: 112
...thinkingof poetry when he described a Newcastle railway in 1680 : "Another thing, that is remarkable, is their way-leaves; for when men have pieces of ground between the colliery and the river, they sell leave to lead coals over their ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - Страниц: 782
...quoted : ' Another remarkable thing,' says Roger, referring to the neighbourhood of Newcastle-on-Tyne, ' is their way-leaves ; for when men have pieces of...ground between the colliery and the river they sell leave to lead coals over their ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect... | |
 | William Chambers - 1854 - Страниц: 560
...quoted : ' Another remarkable thing,' says Roger, referring to the neighbourhood of Newcastle-on-Tyne, ' is their way-leaves ; for when men have pieces of ground between the colh'ery and the river they sell leave to lead coals over their ground ; and so dear that the owner... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 586
...thinking of poetry when he described a Newcastle railway in 1680 : " Another thing, that is remarkable, is their way-leaves ; for when men have pieces of...ground between the colliery and the river, they sell leave to lead coals over their ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1856 - Страниц: 540
...way. Roger North described an English Newcastle rail-way in 1680: "Another thing that is remarkable is their wayleaves ; for when men have pieces of ground between the colliery and the river, they sell leave to lead coals over their ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1856 - Страниц: 554
...rail-way. Roger North described an English Newcastle rail-way in 1680: "Another thing that is remarkable is their wayleaves ; for when men have pieces of ground between the colliery and the river, they sell leave to lead coals over their ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect... | |
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