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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the dam ('d' on plan) are several small ponds or fish stews. Those to the S.W. were supplied by a channel, from the …
Survey of London
… and Sheriffs of London, to proclaim the abolition of the Stews on Bankside and of bear-baiting "in that row or in any … the accustomed place at London, called the Stewes." 4 The Stews were roughly coincident with the thoroughfare known as … in the liberty of the Clink, i.e. near the site of the Stews, and it is difficult to account for the fact that …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… and levying other sums and with fishing in the king's stews at Scarborough. 210 Immediately after the accession of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… be the 'Single Women's Burying Ground' connected with the Stews. Its origin is unknown, but twenty children were …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Paris Garden and of the Clink. In the latter the notorious Stews were situated. The condition of the borough was not …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 116 It may be that Henry II in council then regulated the Stews, and that they were already established on the bank of … 1351, 117 and in 1381 Wat Tyler's insurgents wrecked the Stews which the Lord Mayor Walworth held of the bishop and … of 1459 provide a system of rigorous inspection of the Stews, to be conducted by officers of the lordship, and …