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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Market and fairs MARKET AND FAIRS. There was a market in Warminster in the time of … but by c. 1880 the August one was given over entirely to amusements. 7 It fell out of use soon after that time, but in …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… to wit John Middleton, commonly called Lord Clermont, and Charles Middleton his brother. (Money warrant dated April … to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal to authorise and require the Navy Commissioners forthwith to dispose of … which are found unuseful for our service in the Navy; and to pay the proceeds to the Navy Treasurer upon account. …
A Survey of London
… Watches in London Of watches in this Citie, and other Matters 1 commanded, and the cause why. Curfew Bell at 8. of the clocke commaunded … laborious watches, I will speake of our pleasures and pastimes in watching by night. Bonefiers and banqueting in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… WATERED. Frederick Accum apparently stated the obvious, and commonly understood fact, when he said that 'waters which issue from the recesses of the earth, and form springs, wells, rivers, or lakes, often materially differ from each other in their taste and other obvious properties' [Accum (1820)]. He was …
Old and New London
… Waterloo Place and Her Majesty's Theatre CHAPTER XVII. WATERLOO PLACE AND … for dramatic readings, and also for a class of amusements popularly known as "drawing-room entertainments." … known in England, as we learn from Colburn's "Kalendar of Amusements," took place at the Opera House in 1717, and was …
Old and New London
… West Brompton and the South Kensington Museum CHAPTER IX. WEST BROMPTON, … KENSINGTON MUSEUM, &c. "Uplift a thousand voices, full and sweet, In this wide hall, with Earth's inventions stored, And praise th' invisible universal Lord, Who lets once more …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the 1830s it usually began on the first Monday in November and by the 1850s often lasted a week. Stalls were set up in High Street and shows housed in a field in Lodge Road and on open ground at the corner of High Street and Paradise …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… measuring approximately 1½ mile from east to west and from north to south, and contains 878 acres. 2 The western parish boundary, shared … by Hillingdon to the north, Harlington to the east, and Harmondsworth to the south. West Drayton formed part of …
A History of the County of Essex
… p. 44. Domestic Buildings, p. 50. Rivers, Bridges, Wharfs, and Docks, p. 57. Transport and Postal Services, p. 61. Worthies, p. 64. Entertainments, Sports, and Pastimes, p. 65. Manors and Other Estates, p. 68. …
A History of the County of Essex
… West Ham Worthies, entertainments, sports and pastimes WORTHIES. 1 Richard de Montfitchet (d. 1267), lord of the principal manor in East Ham and West Ham, was one of the barons appointed to enforce …