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A History of the County of Oxford
… was short-lived, 5 and despite its court, burgages, market, and fairs, 6 in the 13th and 14th centuries it was … the town 16 and presumably, as later, administered the market and fair, 17 liberties still staunchly defended in the … lay respectively west and east of Church Green and the market place, West ward west of High Street and along Corn …
A History of the County of Oxford
… often preaching in the open air at Woodgreen or in the market place. 101 Crucial to the group's success were the … continued at Lowell Place, Woodgreen, and in the market place. In 18634 the chapel was enlarged, its reopening … were held there, alongside open-air meetings in the market square or at Church Green. The group was not mentioned …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the field of Culloden. The village, which was anciently a market-town, stands in a fertile vale, and consists chiefly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wiveliscombe (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. … great deal of business is transacted in corn, &c. A great market for prime oxen of the North Devon breed, considered to … on the south side. Woburn (St. Mary) WOBURN ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… had their seat at Raynham. Scotch cattle were driven from market in Norfolk to Wivenhoe for fattening, and sheep were … increase in the 18th century and early 19th. A weekly corn market was recorded in 1766. 52 The Rebows acquired a mixed … the Fairs in Eng. and Wales (1756), 33; Rep. R. Com. on Market Rights and Tolls [C.5550], p. 162, H.C. (1888), liii; …
A History of the County of Essex
… south-eastwards to leave Anchor Hill (perhaps once a market-place) and most of the ground between the churchyard …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… IV. Wolsingham (St. Matthew) WOLSINGHAM ( St. Matthew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Weardale, N. W. … to Bishopley Crag; the total length being 11 miles. The market and fairs are held by grant from the Bishop of Durham; … a town-hall, of stone, was erected in the centre of the market-place; it contains a spacious newsroom. The parish is …
A Dictionary of London
… named after the commodities sold in them, or in the great market of Cheap to which they were adjacent. Pavements of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a shift towards dairy farming, presumably for the Oxford market. The number of dairymen in the parish rose from 1 in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… which was called the port street (i.e. paved road to the market town) in 1004, 61 divides Wolvercote from Cutteslowe; … said in the 19th century to have been 'once the regular market road to Oxford', but had the disadvantage of crossing …