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A History of the County of Lancaster
… On this piece of ground, according to tradition, village sports and races were at one time annually held'; Stockdale, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… very quietly at Lydiate Hall, devoting himself to country sports, and especially to cock-fighting. 71 A very singular …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the manor. A race-course and cockpit existed, but the sports had been discontinued; the race-meeting was revived …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Prince's Theatre in Tithebarn Street in 1882. 19 The old sports of cockfighting, bull-baiting, &c., have been … Hewitson's Preston, 121. It is included among the former sports of the place. Abram, loc. cit.; Act 2 & 3 Will. IV, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… its inhabitants were much addicted to drink and rude sports, their morals being deplorably low. The whole district …
Survey of London
… leading up to the First World War. 83 The Olympic winter sports were held there in 1908, and in the following year it …
University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)
… about 28 acres at Motspur Park, near Wimbledon, for a Sports-ground, and a piece of land at Chiswick for a …
A History of the County of York
… rebirth with Henry Gyles at the end of the 17th century. Sports and pastimes show few local peculiarities. The civic …