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A History of the County of Oxford
… finding it to be most pagan, he preached the gospel there, and Cynegils, the king, became a catechumen. When the time … of Northumbria, who happened to be in Wessex at the time and was shortly to be his son-in-law, stood to him as godfather; and the two kings joined in giving Birinus, who was already a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Economic and Social History Industry and Trade, 1500-1880 INDUSTRY AND TRADE, 1500-1880 1500-1640, p. 81. 1640-1760, p. 84. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Economic and Social History Industry and Trade, 1880-1960 INDUSTRY AND TRADE, 1880-1960 The Size … in alliance with the Liberals, in local and parliamentary elections. He was made a magistrate in 1906. Accepted by the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Economic and Social History Medieval Industry and Trade ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY MEDIEVAL INDUSTRY AND … the manor to which pertained legal, economic, or social privileges. The use of the terms 'borough' and 'foreign' with …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Economic and Social History Social History before 1815 SOCIAL HISTORY BEFORE 1815 1 Little can be said about social and intellectual life in Birmingham before the 18th century. At that time the town had virtually only middle- and working-class inhabitants, 2 since, as a contemporary …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Economic and Social History Social History since 1815 SOCIAL HISTORY … of English industrial cities, were, however, unique and distinctive. When de Tocqueville visited Birmingham in … there was 'hardly any likeness' between Birmingham society and that of London. 3 A comparison which was more frequently …
A History of the County of Chester
… Economic infrastructure and institutions Craft guilds CRAFT GUILDS Like other … guilds or companies through which urban manufacturing and retailing were regulated in the later Middle Ages and the … and the Shoemakers enjoyed exclusive and collective privileges in the leather-dressing trade, 6 and during the …
A History of the County of Chester
… Economic infrastructure and institutions Fairs FAIRS Earl Hugh I granted Chester abbey, probably in 1092, all the tolls, rents, and issues of a fair lasting three days about the feast of … buy and sell anywhere within the city, saving the abbey's privileges during the two and a half days around the feast of …
A History of the County of Chester
… Economic infrastructure and institutions Markets MARKETS General Produce Markets … century. 1 In the later Middle Ages held on Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2 it was the principal regional market, and in 1357 was expressly protected by an order against …
A History of the County of Chester
… Economic infrastructure and institutions Roads and road transport ROADS AND ROAD TRANSPORT Roads Chester has always lain at the …