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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… benches with poppy heads have been preserved. A matching bench end was apparently taken to America by an emigrant …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… edns. of Dir. Turf; date of death from inscription on bench in Saxon Street. Local inf. Inf. from T.B.A. Equine …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… with the date 1631 in one panel, four early 16th-century bench-ends with simple popey-heads. Table: In chancel with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… also sold in Market Place in 1652 and there was a 'new bench' there for corn and cheese sellers in 1713. 79 The … wool barn behind the later Woodstock Arms, 90 Penniless Bench in Market Place, mentioned in the early 17th century, … house, built in 1766, and the high cross and Penniless Bench were demolished in 1766 to make way for the new town …
A History of the County of Oxford
… guild hall and the 18th century town hall, the roofed bench around the High Cross, and the shambles or market house …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hall, the 'populace' shared a hogshead of ale at Penniless Bench. 22 Popular pastimes recorded in the 16th and 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and, given wealth or longevity, to the aldermanic bench. In 1580 it was ordered that chamberlains should be … 17th century the corporation was maintaining a roofed bench in Market Place called, perhaps in imitation of a similar structure in Oxford, Penniless Bench. 23 In 1766 the bench was demolished with the market …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater …