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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Markets, fairs, agriculture and mills MARKETS AND FAIRS The existence of a market in Wilton probably dates from the Anglo-Saxon period, for conditions of local trade, as … mill at South Newton; while John Goldrun, burgess and goldsmith, and John and Adam Walerand, burgesses, all owned …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Medieval trade and industry MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the postConquest period attracted a number of Jews who … evidently became an important one, for Wilton was one of the 27 centres of the kingdom in which chests for the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… REPRESENTATION Two burgesses represented Wilton at the Parliament of 1295 and from thence onwards, almost without a break, the borough was regularly represented by two members until … Wilton in the Parliaments of 13045, 1309 and 131415, was a goldsmith, 3 Walter Colkyng, one of the parliamentary …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 6 ins. aTL 35 S.W., bTL 35 S.E., cTL 34 N.W., dTL 34 N.E.) The parish of Wimpole, 2468 acres in extent, lies about 8 m. S.W. of Cambridge. It is bounded on the N. by the ancient track called Mare Way, on the W. by … includes a cup, alms-dish and flagon by the 'Hound sejant' goldsmith, and a paten and flagon in similar style, all c. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the … in the 17th and 18th centuries included tanners, 62 a goldsmith, 63 a silversmith, 64 a gunsmith, 65 a carpenter …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, well placed on a river navigable by small craft to the foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served by ancient roads, was predestined for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the Nene) … and has been imposed upon an earlier structure. Oliver Goldsmith is reputed to have written She stoops to conquer …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the … in the 1720s. 87 In 1727 John Morse (d. 1737), a London goldsmith, 88 bought the house and in 1737 gave it to a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, acquiring a fair in addition to its … for illegally trading outside the market, but an Oxford goldsmith was given exceptional permission to trade in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in … within Twyford hundred. 6 Unlike other estates of the great thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never … On the death in 1771 of John's heir, Henry Shere, a London goldsmith, Platt's House was sold to John Barrow, who devised …