Appendix

Alphabets.Bricks.Bridges.Brooms (long-handled).Butter (used medicinally).Cakes.Candles (rushes and grease).Cherries.Chesnuts.Chickens.Coins.Dice.Donkeys.Gardens.Geese.Glass.Lamps.Oysters.Pheasants.Rabbits.Rice.Roads.Thimbles.Villas.Water-pipes.Wine.

Bagpipes.Beer.Crossbows.Stirrups.Witenagemote.

Altar, 634.Backgammon.Bridge (first stone).Cathedral.Christian names.Church (first stone).Churchyard, 750.Counties, 978 (32).Fair, 886.Garters.Glass (brought to England), 676.Gloves.Gregorians.Knight, 900.Monasteries.Organs.Quill pens, 636.Small-pox, ninth century.

Chess.Company, 1170 (first formed).Furs worn, 1125.Mustard.Sugar, 1150.Windmills.

Banns of marriage, 1210.Bowls.Coal, 1245.Coronets (earls).Glass windows, 1238.Sarcenet.Satin.Wooden shutters.

Armour plated, 1330.Barrister, 1291.Battledore and shuttle-cock.Blankets, 1340.Butcher's shop (first) 1279.Cannon, 1346.Captain (ship).Carpets, 1307.

Chimneys, 1347.Cider, 1284.Commons, House of, 1265.Duke (first), 1337.Esquire, 1345.Feather beds.Gunpowder.Halfpennies and farthings, 1276.Lords, House of, 1332.Pins, 1347.Spectacles, 1292.Watch, 1305.

Almanac, 1380.Bath, Order of, 1399.Cards, 1390.Cookery book (first), 1390.Crocus.Damask.Duchess (title), 1397.Forks, 1379.Garter, Order of, 1350.Marquis (first), 1385.Picquet, 1390.Side-saddles, 1388.Spinach, 1351.Worsted for curtains, 1380.

Book first printed, 1471.Book first illustrated, 1476.Butter first used on bread.Brass pins, 1483.Drawing-rooms.Hops, 1425.Spurs, 1400.Tongs.

Bed (four-post).Breakfast.Glass bottles.Paper made, 1498.Shilling, 1504.Sovereign, 1489.Wax candles, 1484.Winchester and Eton founded.

Cabbage, 1510.Carrots, 1540.Clock (first portable), 1525.Fans, 1532.Firearms, 1521.Hats, 1510.Knitting, 1527.Lettuces, 1520.Muffs, 1532.Nightgowns, 1522.Pistols, 1544.Rhubarb, 1534.

Apricots, 1524.Artichokes.Bullets (iron), 1550.Canaries, 1555.Church pews.Church pulpits.Crayons.Crowns (silver).Currants, 1533.Fireworks.General (army).Geraniums, 1534.Handkerchiefs, 1558.Lemons, 1554.Lotteries, 1539.Mignonette, 1528.Mulberry, 1520.Periwigs.Pippins, 1525.Prayer-book (Edward VI.).Sealing wax, 1553.Steel needles, 1545.Strawberry, 1530.

Articles of Religion, 1571.Baize.Billiards.Cambric, 1563.Cartridges, 1580.Carnations, 1567.Cauliflower, 1603.Celery.Chair (Sedan), 1581.Chapel, Dissenting.Coach, 1580.Fox hunting.Glasses (looking).Indigo, 1581.Minuet.

Muskets.Newspaper (first), 1588.Paper mill, 1588.Pipes, 1573.Potatoes, 1563.Silk stockings, 1561.Starch, 1560.Telescope, 1570.Theatre.Tobacco, 1573.Tomato.Tulips, 1571.

Alum, 1608.Baronet, 1611.Calico, 1 631.Coach (hackney for hire), 1625.Coffee, 1621.Cricket, about 1611.Forks (general use), 1610.Microscope, 1621.Paper on walls, 1620.Quakers, 1624.Straw plaiting, 1605.Wigs.

Actress (first), 1656.Advertisement, 1647.Biscuits, 1644.Blue, 1647.Chocolate, 1657.Clover, 1645.Excise, 1643.Mezzotint, 1649.Post office founded, 1660.Skates, 1651.Soap, 1647.Stage coach, 1658.Turnips, 1645.Yachting.

Bayonets.Brandy, 1671.Coach, Flying, 1677. (40 miles a day).Corkstoppers and bottlesDragoons (first regiment), 1683.Marines, 1684.

Muslin, 1670.Newspaper (first weekly), 1661.Patches, 1660.Pencils.Penny post in London, 1683.Speaking trumpet.Sticks (walking).Tea, 1660.Tooth brushes.Violins.Whig and Tory, 1679.

Bank of England, 1694.Freedom of press, 1695.Harpsichord.Hearse.India rubber, 1700.Lighthouse (first), 1697.Mahogany, 1695.Newspaper (first daily), 1695.Street lamps, 1694.Teapot and cups.Tea urn.

Artillery, Royal, formed.Celery, 1704.Cigars.Doileys.Italian opera, 1710.Puddings.Ribstone pippins, 1707.Snuff.Spectator, 1711.Thermometer (Fahrenheit), 1710.

Duels.Gin.Inoculation for smallpox, 1722."Robinson Crusoe" published, 1720.Workhouse (first), 1723.

Box iron, 1738.Circulating library, 1740.Coffee-houses for ladies, 1739.Foundling Hospital, 1739.Grog, 1740.Gentleman's Magazine, 1731.Inoculation for smallpox (free), 1740.Iron rails, 1738.Methodists, 1729.Porter first brewed, 1730.

Axminster carpets, 1755.Bank notes, 1745.British calico, 1783.British Museum, 1759.Canal, 1755.Cards (visiting), 1770.China factory, 1751.Derby.Greenhouses, 1760.Houses numbered in London, 1764.Pianofortes, 1767.Port wine, 1756.Post-chaise, 1749.Public weddings, 1753.Regattas, 1775.Royal Academy, 1768.Spinning jenny, 1764.Sunday schools, 1781.Tunnel (first), 1766.Umbrellas, 1756.

Bleaching, 1788.Coach (mail), 1784.Colonial bishop (first), 1784.Convicts transported, 1787.Gas, 1792.Pig-tails, 1795.Times started, 1788.Uniform for navy.Vaccination, 1798.Volunteers, 1793.

Blackwood's Magazine, 1817.Bridge (suspension), 1819.Dahlias, 1804.Lancers, 1820.Quadrille, 1813.Shoddy, 1813.Steadier crossed Atlantic, 1819.Waltz, 1813."Waverley," 1814.

Abolition of slavery, 1833.Alpaca, 1836.Bazaars, 1833.Liberal and Conservative, 1830.Lucifer matches, 1833.Mackintoshes, 1825.Oil (paraffin,), 1830.Omnibus, 1829.Polka, 1830.Train (Liverpool and Manchester), 1830.

Baths (public), 1846.Book post, 1857.Bradshaw's Guide, 1839.Brougham, 1939.Cable (Atlantic), 1865.Cheques, 1856.Chloroform, 1848LCrinolines, 1854.Electric lighting, 1858.Envelopes, 1837.Free library, 1852.Money orders, 1838.Penny post, 1840.Photography, 1847.Post-office Savings Bank, 1861.Royal AgriculturalSociety, 1838.Sewing machines, 1854.Stamps, 1840.Telegraph, 1837.Torpedo shells, 1861.

Bank holidays, 1871.Bicycles, 1867.Board schools, 1870.Cocaine, 1884.Parcel post, 1883.Pneumatic tires, 1881.Postcards, 1870.Postal orders, 1881.Telephones, 1870.Tricycles, 1878.Typewriters, 1866.