 | John Britton, John Hodgson - Architecture - 1812 - 1036 pages
...cattle,&c. and November, 23d for horned cattle, cloth, &c. This last is the general hiring day for servants. This town was once celebrated for its manufacture of spurs, which were of such repute that " As true steel as Ripon rowels" became a proverbial expression, when speaking... | |
 | John Bigland - 1815 - 1038 pages
...&c. and November, 23d for horned cattle, cloth, &c. This last is the general hiring day for servants. This town was once celebrated for its manufacture of spurs, which were of such repute that " As true steel as Ripon rowels" became a proverbial expression, when speaking... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1841 - 522 pages
...cost of 2500/., in 200 proprietary shares ; an extensive pleasure-ground and garden is attached. Ripon was once celebrated for its manufacture of spurs, which were in such high repute, that 'as true steel as Ripon rowels' became a proverbial expression to denote honesty... | |
 | 1841 - 530 pages
...of giandee of Spain, (Al'len's Yorkthire; and White's Hittory and QcaeUeer qfthe West Biding.) Ripon was once celebrated for its manufacture of spurs, which were in such high repute, that' as true steel as Ripon rowels' became u proverbial expression to denote honesty... | |
 | 1841 - 524 pages
...cost of 2500A, in 200 proprietary shares ; an extensive pleasure-ground and garden is attached. Ripon was once celebrated for its manufacture of spurs, which were in such high repute, that 'as true steel as Ripon rowels' became a proverbial expression to denote honesty... | |
 | Henry Schroder - Yorkshire (England) - 1852 - 430 pages
...conducive to its prosperity. Ripon was formerly celebrated for its manufacture of spurs, Manufacwhich were in such repute that "As true steel as a Ripon rowel, "ture. became a proverbial expression. The woollen manufacture is also said to have flourished there... | |
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... convenience and benefit of the town and neighbourhood. Latterly this navigation has been very much improved, a new act having been obtained in 1820, and Mr. Alderman Farrer, the historian of Ripon, has with his usual public spirit devoted himself... 