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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 19th century clubs were started for cricket, 207 football, quoits, and tennis; 208 the tennis club had its ground on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for whereas men and boys played cricket, trap ball, and quoits, girls could take exercise only by walking. 684 …
Survey of London
… played 'in much more primitive style', together with Dutch quoits and skittles. The court, which attracted some top …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fields south of the modern village, east of the Devil's Quoits on Barrow Hill; they seem to be a continuation …
Old and New London
… from the wood at three-andsixpence a quart; skittles and quoits, accompanied, of course, with pipes and tobacco, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… first element refers presumably to the nearby Devil's Quoits stone circle, from which Stanton Harcourt was also …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Some remains in the parish, called the Devil's Quoits, probably commemorate a victory obtained by the Saxon …