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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of horses, are exposed for sale. During harvest, a statute-fair is held every Monday morning for hiring farm servants. A …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Sarum obtained from Edward I. a grant for a market and fair, which was confirmed by Richard II.; the market has long …
A History of the County of Oxford
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… partly re-built in the 18th century. ConditionOf house, fair; there is a slight settlement towards the W. side of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… from Aberystwith to Trgaron passes through the place. A fair is held on the 2nd of July for pigs, for wool, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to it, the corporation expended upwards of 10,000. A fair for leather takes place every month; a fair for wool on … the clothdressers, for the purpose of raising the nap on cloth, before it undergoes the operation of shearing. … manufactures consisted formerly of the coarser kinds of cloth; but at present "Yorkshire cloth" no longer conveys the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… etc. The term was also used elliptically for YORKSHIRE CLOTH. OED earliest date of use: c1386 Found describing ALE, … STOCKINGS Found described as RED See also YORKSHIRE CLOTH, YORKSHIRE HAM. Sources: Inventories (early), … (mid-period), Newspapers, Rates, Tradecards. Yorkshire cloth [yorkesheir cloth; yorckshire cloth] No entry in the …
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