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A History of the County of Oxford
… 25 bedrooms and stabling in the long rear courtyard for 60 horses. By the 1820s there were beds for c. 50 guests and the stables, for 80 horses, were the largest in the town; it was the busiest of … a house (no. 17) and a public house, the Coach and Horses. 64 From 1862 both parts belonged to Halls' Oxford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fair was partly a pleasure fair; some fairs were noted for horses, of which large numbers, mostly cart horses, were brought for sale in September 1796. 25 Except … during the Napoleonic wars. 68 In 1825 tolls were 4 d. for horses, 2 d. for cattle, and 8 d. a score for sheep, but many …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Common Pool were compensated for herbage damaged by horses of the king's servants. 37 In the mid 16th century the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… expenses, whereas Barnett had the benefit of the duke's horses. 30 In 1868 G. C. Brodrick, using academic friends to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Thursday. Fairs are held on May 4th and October 17th, for horses, cattle, and sheep; and on the third Tuesday in May a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 6 teams. Recorded demesne livestock comprised 13 riding horses, 11 cattle, 33 pigs, and 151 sheep. The estate was … the causeway north of the village, was used for grazing horses. 16 In 1598 the tenants of Woolavington Throckmorton … wheat. Young boys kept sheep in the Levels, drove plough horses, planted potatoes and beans; the girls did general …