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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… has lately been erected a manufactory for coarse woollen-cloth, wrought both by water and steam. One of the parochial … by hand, both in spinning the yarn and weaving the cloth, to a very considerable extent for the supply of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the beautiful church of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. A fair for cattle and sheep is held on the 12th of September. … had the privilege of a market, which is now disused; and a fair for cattle and merchandise, held on the 12th of August, … only a small establishment for making sacking and coarse cloth. The market, which was on Saturday, has been …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of thin sheet lead, round which was wrapped a shroud of cloth of gold, the whole inclosed in a strong coffin of oak … two days, and is almost exclusively a cattle and horse fair: the others are held on the first and third Tuesdays in … carried on in the parish is the weaving of coarse linen-cloth called Osnaburghs, and linens of finer texture for …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… planted with trees. 35 In 1840 it was said that a hiring-fair was held annually in November. 36 By 1872 a pleasure fair was held each July and it continued into the 1930s. 37 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 300 coppice and woodland, and 600 covered with furze. A fair is held on the Monday after September 8th. The living is … markets were held weekly on Sunday and Wednesday, and a fair on St. Peter's day. The priory of Black canons, near the … 22nd, Aug. 12th, and Nov. 12th, the last being the largest fair for sheep in the county. Dunstable was anciently under …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… 1201-1300 1301-1400 1401-1516 Date of inception of fair The date of the charter, grant or first recorded mention of the fair First recorded instance of a fair 600-1100 1101-1200 1201-1300 1301-1400 1401-1516 1334 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 13th, Sept. 15th, and Saturday before Nov. 23rd: the March fair is an object of peculiar attraction to horse-dealers … for sale. A court of pie-poudre is held during each fair, by the corporation. The government, in the earliest … as to cover a space of 100 square yards, and to drive a cloth-mill at a distance of only 100 yards from its source. …
A History of the County of Durham
… next the Quire door on the south side there was a most fair Roode or picture of our Saviour, called the black rood … of the iiij Doctors of y e churche w ch hath vj long fair lightes of glas in y e upper parte of y e said wyndowe.' … large glasse wyndowe Caulede the Te deum wyndowe veri fair glased accordinge as eu'y verse of Te de[um] is song or …
A History of the County of Durham
… the chief change was the rebuilding of the frater, or 'fair large hall' on the upper floor of the south range, by … the sub-vault. The Frater is described as having been 'a fair large hall finely wainscotted on the north and south … with embroidered work, and above the wainscot there was a fair large picture of our Saviour Christ, the Blessed Mary …