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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the 11th of June. The manor-house of Tangley, originally a hunting-box of King John's, was in 1585 converted into a … they have been long disused, and fairs now take place for horses, cattle, and sheep, on May 4th and November 12th. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in Oakengates for accommodation grazing for tradesmen's horses. 17 Mills. There was an iron mill at Wombridge at the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… woodden horse; wood horse; woden horse; wodden horse; horses of wood; horse of wodd] The phrase might apply to any … sometimes indicating how it was used as in '2 Wooden-Horses for beere' [Inventories (1685)] and 'A Wooden Horse …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the 1850s let to the Jockey Club as exercise grounds for horses in training at Newmarket. 33 The arable covering the … and opened in 1902, leaving the old station entirely to horses and goods traffic. 44 The NewmarketWoodditton boundary …
The Environs of London
… James I. who is said frequently to have dined there, when hunting in the forest. It afterwards came, by marriage, to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Druid's Head Inn, 96 was described as a trainer of race-horses in 1862, and Druid's Lodge was owned by J. V. Rank …