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A Survey of London
… of honour to a great man, who walked or rode beside him in pageants, processions, &c.' ( N.E.D.). See also Henxemen, ii. … part reserved for the making and resting of the Midsummer pageants, &c., i. 159. See Index II. leades: 'faire leades to … show' ( N.E.D.); 'the Mayor had besides his Giant three pageants,' i. 103. pageants, midsummer, i. 102, 159. paine, …
A Dictionary of London
… sometimes used to denote the green, wild, or wood men of pageants. Green Market See Leadenhall. Green Nutters Lane In …
Old and New London
… goes, Gog-magog, the aboriginal giant. Our sketch of City pageants has already shown that two hundred years ago giants …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 'the last word in luxurious London life', 9 but from 1920 pageants were staged by the R.A.F. 10 and in 1934 the club's …
Henley: Religious History
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
Henley: Social and Political History
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… from Greenwich to London by boat, accompanied by river pageants, and was met at Tower Wharf by the king. On Saturday …