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A History of the County of Warwick
… The borough of Warwick Economic and social history to 1545 … only have been a small cluster of dwellings by a weir on the Avon that gave Warwick its name, 1 but by the 6th or the … and Saturday - are first recorded in 1279. 19 The first fair was granted in 1261 when John du Plessis secured one for …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The borough of Warwick Economic and social history, 1545-1835 … communications and its proximity to industrial Coventry the economic position of Warwick showed little change between … and beef in Jury Street. Alternative sites were used on fair days. The Saturday market, as in medieval times, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The borough of Warwick Introduction: the central area from c. 1600 THE CENTRAL AREA FROM c. 1600. … century as 'Bachelors' Butts', 97 was used for the sheep fair by 1837. 98 Major changes in the central area of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The borough of Warwick Political and administrative history … HISTORY TO 1545 WARWICK was already a borough by the time of the Domesday survey, but scarcely anything is … had been held since 1261 when the earl granted a fair to the burgesses. 26 Much more is known about the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The borough of Warwick Political and administrative history, … Edward North, Treasurer of Augmentations, noted beneath the particulars of property of the dissolved college of St. … Booth Hall and Court House, 58 estreats, and market and fair dues. 59 From this source had to be found fees for …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The borough of Warwick The castle and castle estate in Warwick THE CASTLE AND CASTLE ESTATE IN WARWICK WARWICK CASTLE was … 1678 saw many men at work upon it. Within the gate was 'a fair court, and within that encompassed with a pale and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The borough of Warwick Warwick from 1835 WARWICK FROM 1835 THE Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 1 at one stroke … from 29 to 200 inhabitants, the larger number at race and fair times when 'the influx of beggars' was 'considerable and …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… The borough of Wendover THE BOROUGH OF WENDOVER Wendover, Wandovre (xi, xii, xiii … year 1214 66 Hugh de Gurnay was permitted to hold a yearly fair at Wendover on the eve, day and morrow of St. John Baptist. In 1347 Edward III granted a fair at Wendover to Sir John de Molyns to be held on the eve, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The borough of Wilton Introduction WILTON The Anglo-Saxon founders of Wilton chose their site to meet … the entrance to Wilton House, the Island House is another fair-sized building of this period, while the Rectory in West …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… The borough of Yarmouth YARMOUTH Ermud (xi cent.); Eremuthe … Iremuth (xiv cent.); Yernemouth (xvi cent.). Yarmouth, the smallest parish in the Isle of Wight, containing only 58 … mayor. The market of Yarmouth was held on Mondays and a fair lasting three days took place at the feast of St. James. …