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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of Grimsey Copse (SP 866543). It is now cut by a modern ride and consists of two irregular U-shaped ponds. This does …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington choristers visited Redlynch House in 1782. 1 Horse races were held in 1795. 2 In 1641 168 persons were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lot), but it was said that it had formerly been double; 1 horse was reckoned equivalent to 2 cows. The stint in Pixey … of a dairy parish'. 89 Yarnton's grassland also encouraged horse breeding, and horse-sellers from the parish regularly attended Oxford …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… in the middle of the wood the bank crosses the central ride whose side banks lie over it. At its N.W. end, the bank … purpose of the bank is unknown. It is earlier than the 'ride' which is probably 19th-century. It may be associated …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the intersections carved with foliage, a double rose and a horse's head; there are remains of colour including cheverons …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… St. Peter's day, Lammas-day, and WhitMonday; and a large horse-fair, without Micklegate Bar, in the week next before … with sheep, though a small, hardy, and very strong kind of horse is also bred and reared upon the Western Moorlands, and …