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A History of the County of Stafford
… clothes. An order was also made for the repair of the wash pool, with another order in 1617 for its annual cleaning. 22 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Barrow by 1719, 97 and Newstone Farm is dated 1773. A pool called Blake Mere on the east side of Swains moor was … inn) in Onecote, in Leek parish. 98 A belief that the pool was bottomless and that cattle would not drink from it … rescue of a woman whose lover tried to drown her in the pool. The event was the subject of Robert Southey's poem …
A History of the County of Stafford
… clay and loam, and there are patches of peat. 76 Panniers Pool or Three Shire Heads on the north-west boundary was held … parish in Derbyshire was inclosed in 1804, Panniers Pool was confirmed as the point were the counties met. 79 The pool probably takes its name from the baskets carried by …
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