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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Fens contain, for example, numbers of pheasant and partridge. The former were found in the dense undergrowth of … sugar beet which was grown extensively between the wars. Partridge were said before the Second World War to be 'in … at the end of the 19th century, 'almost the finest partridge ground in England'. 39 The distinction rests on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fences make driving particularly difficult. The red-legged partridge, once despised and rejected as likely to banish the … as he has been found by no means inimical to the native partridge, and is most useful for driving purposes, coming as … total amount of game shot that season was 23,196 head. The partridge shooting on the Blenheim estate has been greatly …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and April, but some members also brought peregrines for partridge-hawking or merlins for lark-hawking in August. 2 … of a bustard there in 1800 with a common fowling-piece and partridge-shot at 40 yards distance. 6 By this time, however, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… hare, the coney, the fox, the pheasant, and the partridge-and that it must practically therefore have been a … I always went forth and began to bag every hare and partridge I could get near at break of day. 70 According to a …
Old and New London
… hung the famous Jesus bells, won at dice by Sir Giles Partridge from that Ahab of England, Henry VIII. On the south …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… and a pediment with a cartouche-of-arms of Robert Partridge on the N. and Henry Worsley on the S. The cedar …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hall, and a handsome silver-gilt flagon in 1692 by Henry Partridge, also an upper commoner of the hall. The earliest …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… were the hare, the coney or rabbit, the pheasant, and the partridge. As the words in a grant of free warren are, " ita …