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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of small debts, or the hiring of a house in the New Market. 88 The occasional absence of this type of business at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… situation has long prevailed. No record of the grant of a market has been found, and this, taken together with the evidence adduced above, 63 suggests that the market may have been established before the Conquest. A …
A History of the County of Sussex
… John Fagg (d. 1701) was breeding bullocks for the London market on the Wiston manor home farm in the 1690s. 84 In 1801 …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… those running from Kibworth Harcourt (on the Leicester- Market Harborough road) in the east to Kilby in the west, and … 1956 when the land was attached to 5 main farms; a large market garden was then run at Wistow Home Farm. MILL. There … and has three locks. The railway from Leicester to Market Harborough runs to the north of the canal. Canal and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witham (St. Nicholas) WITHAM ( St. Nicholas), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the … to Braintree; it was opened towards the close of 1847. The market, granted by Richard I., and kept originally at Cheping … containing 1399 inhabitants. This is a decayed borough and market-town. A fair for cattle is held on June 24th; and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… held it till 1554. Witney (St. Mary) WITNEY ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the … from the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton railway. The market is on Thursday. A market lately established for cattle and sheep is held on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the rest presumably remembering their birthplace or local market town. Most endowments comprised money for investment, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and sale of corn and livestock at the fairs and weekly market continued in and around the market square until the 20th century. 14 PRO, E 318/28/1586, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… over before 1887 by A. L. Leigh, a corn dealer at No. 34 Market Place, who until at least 1903 operated Farm Mill as a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… commanding 70 per cent of the shrinking domestic blanket market, made a loss; attempts to capitalize on its valuable …