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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… remarkable as being generally manufactured of old nails of horse-shoes, formed into bars. Queen Elizabeth, among other …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… E. part. (Not entered) Fig. 216 Woodnewton (12) (15) The White Swan Inn, two storeys and cellar, neatly coursed rubble … rubble internally, early 19th-century. (17) Former Horse and Jockey Inn, coursed rubble walls with much …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 10-12 formed a single holding in 1587, described as the White Hart inn and a little adjoining house; an attached … who owned the whole in the mid 16th century. 59 The White Hart inn was charged with 6 s. 8 d. rent to St. Mary's … Alderman John Tasker (d. 1741) the house was the White Horse. 9 It was still so called in the 1780s but was the …
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 … Harrison's Lane, from J. V. Harrison (d. 1854) of the White House. 53 Chaucer's Lane was probably 'the highway next … the site of the former Bull (no. 16 Market Place), and the White Lion, later the Star, in Market Place. Other longlived …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (d. 1621) who rented a malthouse by the river (later the White Hart inn) and built another at his new house in Park … large sheepskins, 33 buckskins, some 'soft skins' and white leather, and, in a limepit near the river, a further … The characteristic Woodstock glove, renowned for its 'lily white appearance' and conventionally called doe skin, was …
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
… cockpit and pest house, were sold in 19434, and the former White Hart in 1968. 33 Of its 'historic' property the … 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 Dorset
… Monuments: In toweron N. wall, (1) to Stephen White Warne, 1825, white marble tablet on grey marble backing; (2) to Eliza …