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A History of the County of Berkshire
… was made for tennis, one of Charles's favourite games 353; cock-fighting was also a fashionable amusement. 354 The king …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… modern restoration; above the roof is an ancient weather-cock. The Roofs of the chancel and nave are of the 14th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… brick. ConditionGood; much altered. a(11). The Cock Inn, adjoining (10), on the N. side. Part of one wing is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of this wing are curved brackets, carved with a hand, a cock and hen, and foliage; in the middle is the original …
A History of the County of Essex
… given regular grants for improvements to be made. 28 Mrs. Cock, by her will dated 1744, left a yearly rent-charge of £2 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… until c. 1980 when it moved to Donnington. 60 Neither cock fighting nor bull baiting was confined to the wakes. In … miners from Oakengates and Ketley regularly spent a week cock fighting at the Bull's Head inn at Rodington. 61 Cock fighting persisted locally until the 1850s or later. 62 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Street was called Shagbag, a name apparently derived from cock-fighting, 23 which was later applied to the area as a …