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A History of the County of Oxford
… but ceased after 1845. Other races took place in Mill Meadows. Some steeplechases were held at the time at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the three-weekly court of record. 17 A court of pie powder held at the fair was mentioned in 1334, 18 and again … the right to hold the market and fairs, a court of pie powder, the assize of bread, wine, and ale, felons' and … was acute and the select vestry considered buying a mill (? treadmill); in 1825 they negotiated with a silk …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wickham to Eynsham Abbey and who in 1086 was tenant of a mill on the bishop's Banbury estates. 117 Before 1158 Henry … a 13-acre close, was leased to the occupants of Grimsbury mill, the Atkins family until 1848 and the Field family until … properties in the town. The hospital was granted a house, mill, and yardland at Wickham in 1303, and in 1441 was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the west side of the Market Place (Cookrow with Shoprow); Mill Street was also mentioned. 27 There are earlier … Street in 1393, 28 George Street (Frog Lane) in 1396, 29 Mill Lane (Mill Street) in 1407, 30 Church Lane (Paternoster Lane) in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… supply of the immediate neighbourhood: a distillery at the Mill of Banff, about a mile from the town, produces on an … runs, includes the house of St. Bathan's, a corn-mill, the church, the manse standing on an acclivity in the … are regularly engaged in the manufacture of flax thread. A mill for spinning flax, lately erected at North-bar, two …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… in co. Westmorl d and 50 messuages, 10 cottages, one water mill, 60 gardens, 500 acres arable land, 100 acres meadow, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… shots at the tower, the marks of which still remain. The mill on the river Avon at Barford, now belonging to the Earl … with coal and timber; and near it is a large flour-mill, formerly belonging to the abbey. A fair is held on Oct. …