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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… or Anfrey de Staunton. Alresford, New ALRESFORD, NEW, a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the … 1220, Godfrey de Lucy, Bishop of Winchester, restored the market, then fallen into disuse. On May-day, 1690, the town … is a beautiful copy of the Parthenon at Athens. The market is on Thursday; and fairs are held on Holy-Thursday, …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Burley; Cottesmore with Barrow; Exton; Greetham; Horn; Market Overton; Stretton; Teigh; Thistleton; Whissendine; … by Hugh Hussey in Thistleton, by Gilbert de Umfraville in Market Overton, by Bernard de Brus in Exton, by Patrick le …
A History of the County of Stafford
… or 1786, after hearing a Methodist preacher in Longnor market place. A Methodist class was established at her home, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… with a chapel apparently by the 12th century and a market and a fair by 1293. There was evidently a chapel at …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 65 Longnor village, which has the appearance of a small market town, stands on a saddle in the ridge which dominates … centre of what was formerly a large open space used for a market and fairs. 74 About 1600 Longnor village, the most … had nine or ten licensed alehouse keepers in 1604. 75 The market place was by then already being encroached upon: the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… as the meeting place for both. The Harpur Arms in Longnor market place was mentioned as the venue in 1790. 42 The court …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1796, perhaps recalling a medieval allusion to Bampton's market. The road was confirmed at inclosure that year, along …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the street. Its attempts to establish the village as a market centre in 1265 and later were unsuccessful, 48 and the … Industry And Trade. In 1265 Llanthony priory was granted a market on Mondays and a fair at the Assumption (15 August), but in 1267 another grant changed the market day to Tuesday and the fair to the feast of St. …