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A History of the County of Somerset
… school open between 1852 and 1891 had a kindergarten and dancing school. 54 The two largest schools were the girls' …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 'sumptuous work' of which Wykeham in his statutes forbade dancing, wrestling and other disorderly games in chapel, hall …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… by Henry for his guest, hunting in the park, masques, dancing, tennis-playing, and 'baiting a horse with a bear,' … the king 'exercising himself daily in shooting, singing, dancing, wrestling, casting of the bar, playing at the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… practice. 286 No references to perambulations, maypole-dancing, or other popular rituals have been found, though it … festivities at Witney feast in the 1640s included dancing, singing, and much drinking, while the large numbers … said in the 1640s to include much drinking, singing, and dancing, with performances by Morris-men, fiddlers, and a …
The Environs of London
… proposals. In his youth he had been remarkably fond of dancing; and it was not without some reluctance, (when he …
A History of the County of Oxford
… large room on the first floor retains what may have been a dancing floor, over 3 ft. deep and once packed with chaff; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from the park were set up before houses and there was dancing and feasting. 25 In 1610 the corporation paid for … an owl, a flail, and a wooden horse, and revels and morris dancing continued throughout Whit week. 29 Similar Whitsun …
A History of the County of Oxford
… boast that at his inn (the Bull) there would be piping and dancing 'at 1 o'clock hereafter'. 21 In the early 17th …