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A History of the County of Essex
… deal with any serious problems of law and order. A parish watch-house was repaired in 1693, and in 1711 the vestry … in 1818. About 1830 the parish instituted an armed watch against body snatchers. The watchmen used the vestry …
Warborough (Including Shillingford)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… part of the Benson royal estate. 6 The name Warborough ('watch hill') suggests a settlement near the barrow-shaped …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in 1786; and Litherland, the inventor of the patent-lever watch, was a native of the town. Warrington gives the title …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Warping bar - Watch chain Warping bar [worpin bar; warpynge bare; warpinge … MESSAGE CARD. See also MESSAGE CARD. Sources: Tradecards. Watch bill [watchinge bill; watching byll; watching bill; … earliest date of use: 1665 Sources: Inventories (early). Watch chain [watch-chain; watch chaine; chaines for watches] …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… for value advanced by the said Borland to pay for 500 watch coats furnished to the soldiers in the Garrison of …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… of the quarantine in the Medway, acquainting them that no watch is yet appointed for that purpose in the parishes … you to consider the matter as to the charge of the said watch, and whether there be any objection to the appointing … Majesty's Guards to assist the country in keeping the said watch. Please send your opinion herein by to-morrow morning …