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A History of the County of Oxford
… (15 Aug.). 34 Pentecost was an obvious date for a fair because of the processions converging upon the town in … again in September in the four days following St. Giles's fair in Oxford; the September fair was larger, stretching from the Square down Abbey Street …
A History of the County of Oxford
… crowds were thus attracted to the town and its principal fair. The processions seem to have continued in the later … suggests that it was intended as the site of a market or fair. Queen Street, called Puck or Pug Lane in the Middle … out in the late 18th century or early 19th, whereby a lady of the lamb was chosen. 47 Morris dancing was not …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Archibald Cumberland Eyton, in 1907. Mrs. Eyton remained lady of the manor until her death in 1941 and Eyton then …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 42 Broad St, Golden Sq., London, u and cm (183539). [D] Fair, William, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb., cm (17931834). … 1708 supplying two chairs for the Dean and Residentiary's Lady's Seat costing 20; and in 1710, velvet curtains etc. for … a large looking-glass, table and stands walnut tree for my lady, 7 5s, presumably Anne, Countess of Bedford. [PRO, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… monuments, among which is one to Sir Antony Maxey and his lady, whose effigies in a kneeling posture are well …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… taught by a master and his wife, is under the patronage of Lady Harriet Clive, of Oakley Park, Salop; the mistress of … is still habitable, and is now appropriated to the use of Lady Harriet Clive's school, and as a residence for the … the Vale of Clwyd, and forcibly bore off several of its fair inhabitants; but they were pursued by the men of Clwyd, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… into the Clyde at Dalmuir. There are two small schools. Fair FAIR, an island, forming part of the parish of … of which the master has the interest of 300, bequeathed by Lady Jane Boyle, sister of the Earl of Glasgow, and of 100 … accompanied her in her flight from the field, and, with Lady Livingstone, attended her in the various prisons in …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… (1) Track (SP 133003), notably wide, undated, N.W. of Lady Lamb's Copse, shows as crop-marks on level ground in the …