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Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… Warwickshire Warwickshire Place name Date of inception of market The date of the charter, grant or first recorded mention of the market First recorded instance of a market 600-1100 1101-1200 1201-1300 1301-1400 1401-1516 Date …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 13 July, 1660. Webster, Thomas s. Thomas, of Downham-Market, Norfolk, barber. Sizar Gonville And Caius Coll., …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 19th century. The latter area was divided in 1977 between market-gardens, sand-workings, and heath or mixed woodland … towns on land use in Washington was in the development of market-gardening on the ideal sandy soil of Washington common after the inclosure of 1851. One market-gardener was recorded in 1866, and more in 1874; by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Watchett - Waterstock Watchett WATCHETT, a sea-port and market-town, in the parish of St. Decuman, union of Williton, … is a small manufacture of woollen-cloth and of paper. The market is on Saturday; and a fair takes place on Nov. 17th. … W. division of Norfolk, 5 miles (S. E.) from Burnham-Market; containing 29 inhabitants. It comprises 793 a. 1 r. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… WINCHESTER MEASURE by which corn is usually sold by in the market' [Thirsk and Cooper (1972)]. A water measure of much …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 300 milkers kept by small farmers to supply the Cambridge market with milk and cheese. 43 The stint for great cattle … a. were divided among 18 occupiers. 71 In the 1820s the market gardener John Denson vehemently denounced the … cauliflowers, and asparagus for sale at Cambridge. 1 Market gardening flourished in the late 19th century: there …
Old and New London
… In the reign of Charles II., mention is made of the Hay Market and Hedge Lane; but they were at that time literally … Restaurant and Theatre and Lower Regent Street, a market was established in 1664. Malcolm tells that the market for all sorts of provisions was proclaimed "to be kept …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Watford - Wayford Watford (St. Mary) WATFORD ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the … on a viaduct 312 feet in length and 30 in breadth. The market, granted by Henry I., is held on Tuesday: the market-house is an indifferent building, supported on wooden …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Street, S. side b(6). The Compasses Inn, at the corner of Market Street, has a small 15th-century oak window of two …
A History of the County of Hertford
… in 1814, having begun their work at Watford in 1808 in the market place and in a room at Hedges Yard. In 1838 the … Mary's Road. The Roman Catholic church of the Holy Rood in Market Street was completed in 1895 at the charges of Mr. …