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A History of the County of Gloucester
… yardland owing 2 works weekly between Michaelmas and 1 August and 10 works weekly, provided by two men, at harvest …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… open for commonable cattle every third year from either 1 August (Lammas grounds) or 29 August (St. John's grounds) until 1 November, then only for …
The Environs of London
… of William Burroughes, Esq. of Woodford, was published in August and September 1654. "John Corbet, son of S r John …
A History of the County of Essex
… working on the demesne two days a week and three days in August and September. There is some evidence of open fields. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The ecclesiastical district of Woodside was formed in August 1846, under the act 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 37; and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… second Tuesday after 2 February, 5 April, Whit Tuesday, 2 August, 2 October, the Tuesday after 1 November, and 17 … and on 17 December were the chief cattle fairs, the August fair was noted for cherries, and the Whitsun fair was … fair. 28 A fair on that day continued in the 1980s. An August sheep fair was briefly revived in 1893. 29 For most of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… residence, apparently because of plague in Oxford, but by August there was only a troop of the queen's horse; the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… surrender it without a struggle. 36 A charter granted in August 1688 nominated a new council and officers, restricted …
The Environs of London
… ill-fated Royal George, lost at Portsmouth in the month of August 1782, with Admiral Kempenfelt and the greater part of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and other officers of distinction, on the 22nd of August 1651; and, after some slight opposition from the … clergy of the associated dioceses. Races are held in August and November, those at the former time continuing for … Saturday before PalmSunday, the Saturday in Easter-week, August 15th, and September 19th, which is a great fair for …