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A History of the County of Oxford
… 49 Market Square is a timber-framed house on a prominent island site, formerly jettied on the principal faades; the … was renowned for its consumption of venison, fowls, beef, and tobacco. 302 Other prominent master tradesmen or … 'the whole of the poor' were treated to a dinner of roast beef, plum pudding, and beer, followed by toasts, addresses …
A History of the County of Essex
… and east of the parish. There are views across to Mersea Island from the higher parts. Much of the parish is glacial …
A History of the County of Oxford
… early 20th century an elaborate garden was laid out on the island opposite the house. From the late 19th century the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between streams of the Thames given to the foundress …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… There are traces of a rampart at the S.E. angle of the island, and there is a small circular mound in the W. angle. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… training stables. It was in Newmarket from 1815. On the island site between the Moulton road and Shagbag copyhold … edn., reprinted 1970). Cf. B. Bryson, Notes from a Small Island (paperback edn., 1996), 183. Para. based on C.R.O., P …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Second World Wars and ceased by 1950; cattle were kept for beef rather than dairying; while on the remaining arable, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from the late 16th century the houses formed an island site north of nos. 77-81 Oxford Street. The site was … period but retain 17th-century features. 50. The Crown The island site occupied by the Crown belonged to the Weller … house owed a chantry quitrent, suggesting that the island site was medieval in origin. 92 In the 1680s the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Rectory Lane, and probably Chaucer's Lane, while the large island of buildings dividing Market Street from High Street … finally compounded for. 2 Another tenement on the central island also carried the high quitrent of 1 s. 6 d. and … already in use as a court house, also occupied the central island on the site of nos. 2-4 Market Street; 3 as elsewhere, …