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A History of the County of Oxford
… of completing mowing in a single day made it necessary to hire labour from outside the parish, but in 1817 it was … lot), but it was said that it had formerly been double; 1 horse was reckoned equivalent to 2 cows. The stint in Pixey … of a dairy parish'. 89 Yarnton's grassland also encouraged horse breeding, and horse-sellers from the parish regularly …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the intersections carved with foliage, a double rose and a horse's head; there are remains of colour including cheverons …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… St. Peter's day, Lammas-day, and WhitMonday; and a large horse-fair, without Micklegate Bar, in the week next before … with sheep, though a small, hardy, and very strong kind of horse is also bred and reared upon the Western Moorlands, and …
Survey of London Monograph
… of Sir H. St George, senior; educ. an attorney; Captain of Horse in royal army 16418 ( Cal. S. P. Dom. 16634, p. 108; …