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Weigh house - Wikipedia
A weighhouse or weighing house is a public building at or within which goods are weighed. [1] Most of these buildings were built before 1800.
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Weigh House (Leiden) - Wikipedia
It was designed by Pieter Post around 1657 and opened in 1659. [1] For centuries, merchants came here to weigh and trade a variety of goods.
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Weigh House - Southampton City Council
The Weigh House is an historic building in French Street, in the Old Town, with a fascinating history. In the mid thirteenth century, it housed the royal Tron.
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ˈweigh-house [Cf. MLG. wegehûs, G. wagehaus.] A public building to which commodities are brought to be weighed.1438 Cal. Patent Rolls, Hen. VI (1907) III. 192 [By the way which runs between] le Weyhous [of the said staple, and the said] Wolbrigge. 1463 Bury Wills (Camden) 35 Robert Basset, clerc of ...
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A Weigh House for Witches in the Netherlands - Atlas Obscura
In the small Netherlands town of Oudewater there is a historic weigh house not unlike a number of similar buildings around the Netherlands, ...
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The weigh house - Home - Museum De Heksenwaag Oudewater
The museum where the history of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century witch hunts is brought to life. When were you accused of witchcraft and what would ...
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See also
List of buildings identified as weigh house
Weigh station, a checkpoint along a highway to inspect vehicular weights, usually equipped with a truck scale (weigh bridge)
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Karl Kiem: Weigh house; a building type of the Dutch Golden Century.
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Karl Kiem, The weigh house as a building type
The weigh house, unique to the Netherlands, was built to weigh merchandise, store goods, and was crucial for public tax collection.
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WEIGHHOUSE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun : a building at or within which goods are weighed. Word History Etymology Middle English weyhous, from weyen to weigh + hous house.
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Weigh House - Southampton - Sotonopedia
Located on the east side of French Street, between St. John's School and Broad Lane, the Weigh House was known in medieval times as the Peysage or Poysage ...
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weigh house - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(historical) A building where goods were weighed. References. edit. “weigh-house”, in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary ...
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Weigh House - Grub Street Project
The King's Weigh House, as it was called, was the place where the King's weights, known as the Great Beam, etc., were kept, "where merchandize brought from ...
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Weigh House (Leiden)
In addition to being a weigh house, the Leiden Weigh House has hosted a variety of engagements and stately celebrations over the centuries. The weigh house was in use as an actual weigh house until 1972, when the last unit of cheese was sold.
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House lawmakers weigh relief for SALT 'marriage penalty'
Feb 14, 2024House lawmakers are weighing relief for a "marriage penalty" that impacts the federal deduction limit on state and local taxes, known as SALT. The bill would temporarily double the SALT ...
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Great Weigh House
The Great Weigh House () was a prominent building that existed on the main square of Kraków, Poland. The importance and role of the weigh house diminished however by the 17th and 18th century.
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