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A History of the County of Oxford
… rear access to the workhouses and workshops in the large yard behind the house was provided by a corporation lease of … Alderman John Tasker (d. 1741) the house was the White Horse. 9 It was still so called in the 1780s but was the … acquired c. 1814 by Morrell's Oxford brewery and was the Horse and Jockey, later Horse and Groom, closed by the 1860s. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Probably much of Oxford Street was occupied by beast and horse markets mentioned later: a swine market mentioned in 1468-9 has not been located. 43 Horse Fair was at the southern entrance to the town in the … Part of Butt close in the mid 17th century was Cockpit yard; in 1715 a large enclosed cockpit was built at the west …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 1888 the cattle and pig market was moved into the large yard behind the Old Angel inn, later the National Westminster … to the open space in front of the town hall. Later the yard was given up, but by 1909 the inconvenience of a street … market was causing concern and from 1912 until 1933 the yard was again used, although sheep were also penned in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Rectory Lane, once Townsend pool and the site of the horse fair, was deemed to be in Hensington, and the borough … but by August there was only a troop of the queen's horse; the garrison was reinforced late in 1643, but most of … resident gentry, partly because of the introduction of horse racing but perhaps also because of its 'most pleasant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 39 In 1768 it was agreed to move the stocks and pillory to Horse Fair, 40 at that date the eastern section of High …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acquired the stewardship in 1668, established an annual horse race in the park, 17 offered gifts to the corporation, … agreeing to stand down. Lovelace temporarily withdrew his horse races to Oxford and by 1681 his influence, despite …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… remains were found in 1910 in the London Brick Co.'s No. 4 Yard, W. of the Huntingdon to Peterborough road. ( See also …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… manors c. 1540, and was therefore presumably near Horse Pill. 3 The Duke of Beaufort had 400 salmon putchers at Horse Pill in 1866 4 and owned the fishing rights in the … in the Wye River Authority in 1969. 6 The tenants of the Horse Pill fishery since 1926 have been E. J. Harris and his …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… south-west the boundary follows the stream that flows into Horse Pill from the road from Gloucester to Chepstow, but …