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A History of the County of Oxford
… The chief features of the plan are the intersection, at Carfax, of the north-south and east-west streets which linked … 63 Such a town would have been roughly square, with Carfax fairly centrally placed, and the main streets running … rioting, which started when clerks attacked a bailiff at Carfax. Those involved on the town's side included Robert and …
Memorials of London and London Life
… the street-sweepers of those times. Dung-boats. Or "Carfax"; a place with four faces. The Carfax at Oxford was so called, from a fountain there, with … similar fountain in the present instance. The site of this Carfax seems to have been the spot where Grancechurch Street …
Memorials of London and London Life
… page 300 ante, Note 1. From this we may conclude that the "Carfax" of Leadenhall stood at the spot where Gracechurch …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Crimean War, lit bonfires in the streets; one at Carfax aparently destroyed the city stocks. 10 The last major … shambles in Queen Street and part of the butter bench at Carfax in 1773. 79 The street-market was brought to an end, … pumps, porches, penthouses, spouts, and projections. Carfax conduit was removed in 1787, and the remaining part of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… given to the city in 1938. 24 PENNILESS BENCH. A bench at Carfax became the traditional meeting-place of the citizens … cleaning costs until 1621, but did not pay for repairs. 31 Carfax c. 1720 Showing the Butter Bench and Penniless Bench … a new butter market was built on the south-west corner of Carfax with a new assembly room for the mayor and councillors …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1921 acquired from the city, in exchange for houses near Carfax, the land between Longwall Street and the city wall. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Saints, and at the upper extremity, that of St. Martin, or Carfax; on the south side are University College, and some …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… London, dressing case maker (1800). [D] Penner, John, Carfax, Horsham, Sussex, u (1839). [D] Penney, Samuel, 23 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… New Road, and the Plymouth Brethren have meeting-houses at Carfax Square and in the Clapham Park Road. There are also …
A History of the County of Oxford
… organ was bought for 150 in 1896 when St. Martin's Church, Carfax, was pulled down: Bodl. 2194 c. 15, f. 158 b. MS. Top. …