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A History of the County of Oxford
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … continued and the corporation provided refreshments and music on days of national thanksgiving. 21 Much corporate … dancing and feasting. 25 In 1610 the corporation paid for music when an elm for the maypole was 'brought home' from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … height, having at one end a circular recess, in which is a music gallery, and at the other a handsome range of windows …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. divisions of the county, 111 miles (N. W. by W.) from … of its situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a …
A History of the County of York
… Roman canon of the mass, the system of daily offices and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's … the services of the canonical hours and improve the music in the church. Æthelberht's new basilica, consecrated … up the 'singing table' which was not so much a list of music to be sung—this was provided in the service-books—as a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's … and chairs and bathing huts on the beach. 61 There was a music and entertainments committee from c. 1915, 62 and by …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The … Church, providing coffee, books, newspapers, lectures, and music. 50 In 1904 it moved to a new site in Buckingham Road … madrigal, operatic, and musical comedy societies, and a music club. In 1938 there was an amateur symphony orchestra, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … comprises 1912 acres, of which 836 are arable, 800 meadow and pasture, 10 woodland, and 177 common, roads, and waste. … fitted up on these occasions for the performance of sacred music; the orchestra combines the talents of the metropolis …
Survey of London
… surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate … sundry representations, changes of scenery, tables and music. The Duke waited on the King at table, the Earl of …