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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… traffic in timber, corn, and coal, is carried on. A fair for cattle is held on October 15th. The living is a … are afforded by a canal from Taunton to Chard. A pleasure-fair is held on the second Tuesday after Trinity-Sunday. The … in 1813. Yardley Chase is 10 miles in circumference. A fair is held on Whit-Monday. The living is a rectory, to …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by two well-to-do families, a few poor parishioners, and a fair number of outsiders. The minister then did not reside 50 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… wide; yard-wide] A term applied to the width of a piece of cloth. Until the invention of the 'Flying Shuttle' by John … (1766)]. OED earliest date of use: 1766 See also BROAD CLOTH, ELL WIDE. Sources: Acts, Diaries, Inventories (early), … HEMPEN, HOLLAND, HOSE, IRISH, KERSEY, Riga, ROPE, SAIL CLOTH, SPUN, TURKEY, WOOLLEN, WORSTED Found describing HOSE, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… recorded at Woolston in 1086 was not recorded again. 26 Fair In 1314 Simon de Montagu was given a weekly Tuesday market and a three-day fair at the Assumption (15 Aug.). 27 There is no evidence that the market was ever held. The fair was worth 2 s. to the lord in 1344. 28 It was held on …