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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the whole is previously warehoused in the town, and a sack from every load pitched in the market-place. Fairs are …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster remained a 'pitched' market, in which one sack from every load was pitched in the street, a practice … was the same as in Daniell's day, 2 quarts out of each sack pitched, over 7,500 sacks were pitched in a year, which … was blamed for diverting traffic from the market, and many sack carriers and others had left the town. 76 Weekly sales …