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A History of the County of Oxford
… the justices of the peace, alleging that trade was dead, provisions dear, and the maintenance of the poor 'too great … to combine the borough and its rural townships under the provisions of Gilbert's Act was apparently abandoned, and in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… quays. The market is on Wednesday, for corn, cattle, and provisions; and fairs occur on April 5th and October 23rd. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and 7th Victoria, cap. 37; and became a parish under the provisions of that act, on the subsequent consecration of its …