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Old and New London
… When the college of St. Martin's-le-Grand flourished, the curfew was rung here, as at Bow, St. Giles's, Cripplegate, …
A Dictionary of London
… of Priests founded, temp. Ric. III. Suppressed 1548. The curfew was to be sounded here every night, 44 Ed. III. (Cal. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Alstonefield church. By 1736 he was paid for ringing the curfew bell and by 1764 for looking after the clock. He was …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
The Later Records relating to North Westmorland
… architecture. The Prince Consort chose him to restore the Curfew Tower, the Hundred Steps and Henry vii's Library at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Race established in 1953 continued in the 1990s. 17 A curfew bell, mentioned from the later 18th century, was rung …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Fire-bell gate, from its having anciently contained the curfew. Among the ruins of the abbey have been found a fibula …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 90 From time immemorial until the end of 1872 an 8 o'clock curfew was rung each evening from All Hallowtide to Candlemas …