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Survey of London
… came to an end, about 1852, its last year or so being as a night-light factory for Price's candle-making concern. 24 By …
A History of the County of Essex
… 36 tithable holdings in the parish, comprising Warren and Night- ingales farms in the former park, was over 373 a.; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at Little Stoke, 1901 (Manning MSS.). Flint implements at Watch Folly (ibid.). Chesterton. Round barrow, opp. Middleton …
A History of the County of Chester
… prisoners, taking distresses, carrying writs, doing night watch, and all other similar 'customs and vexations'. 7 That …
A History of the County of Chester
… to cancellation of the Midsummer show and the Christmas watch in successive years, as well as repairs to the city … civic posts, such as the mayor's and sheriffs' officers, night and day bellmen, common crier, city mason, water …
A History of the County of Chester
… housing; and a ban on the Michaelmas fair and Christmas watch in 1604 to prevent crowds from gathering. 5 The …
A History of the County of Chester
… when plague was raging elsewhere, it enforced a 24-hour watch at the gates against persons and goods from infected … as the cause of unbefitting levity; the Christmas watch, with its torchlight procession and fireworks, survived …
A History of the County of Chester
… and the growth of a new puritanical spirit. The Christmas watch and the Midsummer show were both in effect abandoned in …
A History of the County of Chester
… supplies were purchased, foot soldiers trained, and a watch was kept for hostile shipping in the Dee. The defeat of … in northeastern England, the Assembly set up a nightly watch, strengthened the defences at the Eastgate, Newgate, …