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A History of the County of Oxford
… to Sutton, and Stone field, named from the Devil's Quoits, Hangle (or West End Hangle) field, and West End lower …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the prehistoric stone circle known as the Devil's Quoits, formerly south-west of Stanton Harcourt village; the … Linch hill and on the site of the airfield. The Devil's Quoits, a henge monument c. 1,200 yd. south-west of Stanton … Devil hurled the stones from Wytham hill during a game of quoits was current by the late 17th century; 23 the idea that …
A History of the County of Warwick
… dog matches; 63 but many of the same amusements as well as quoits, bowls, duck-hunting, and bull-baiting were still …
A History of the County of Warwick
… more strenuous pastimes there was archery, racing, bowls, quoits, hunting, and the baiting of animals - bulls, bears, … a popular sport around Coventry. 73 In 1518 bowls and quoits were forbidden to 'poor craftsmen' although bowling at …
Survey of London
… the memorial was 'a near art Kinsman to the Lady of the Quoits, who commemorates the Crimean heroes at the bottom of …
A History of the County of Essex
… lawn tennis, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, shooting, quoits, billiards, brass bands, and amateur dramatics. 77 …