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A History of the County of Essex
… with transepts, characterized by semi-circular windows and flying-buttresses. In 1875 the Union church opened a Sunday … Bridge) was over 300. 119 The church was wrecked by flying bombs in 1944, and, instead of rebuilding, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for a short time, and was present at the celebration of a horse-race. The township comprises 3705 acres, chiefly arable …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… remarkable as being generally manufactured of old nails of horse-shoes, formed into bars. Queen Elizabeth, among other …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… rubble internally, early 19th-century. (17) Former Horse and Jockey Inn, coursed rubble walls with much …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Alderman John Tasker (d. 1741) the house was the White Horse. 9 It was still so called in the 1780s but was the … acquired c. 1814 by Morrell's Oxford brewery and was the Horse and Jockey, later Horse and Groom, closed by the 1860s. 17 The inn was probably …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Probably much of Oxford Street was occupied by beast and horse markets mentioned later: a swine market mentioned in 1468-9 has not been located. 43 Horse Fair was at the southern entrance to the town in the … of a boundary dispute, it was described as 'a place called Horse Fair between the town of Woodstock and the place of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Rectory Lane, once Townsend pool and the site of the horse fair, was deemed to be in Hensington, and the borough … but by August there was only a troop of the queen's horse; the garrison was reinforced late in 1643, but most of … resident gentry, partly because of the introduction of horse racing but perhaps also because of its 'most pleasant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 39 In 1768 it was agreed to move the stocks and pillory to Horse Fair, 40 at that date the eastern section of High …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acquired the stewardship in 1668, established an annual horse race in the park, 17 offered gifts to the corporation, … agreeing to stand down. Lovelace temporarily withdrew his horse races to Oxford and by 1681 his influence, despite …