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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… to the Bench side, while their edges are plaining or shooting, that they shake or tremble not, but remain steady …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… church ale in 1623, 7 and cricket from 1778. 8 Hunting and shooting (overseen in the 18th century by numerous … launches, provision for motorists, and nearby hunting, shooting, and golf. 14 By the 1930s tourist buses stopped …
Old and New London
… Dover Street. When in London Byron used to go to Manton's shooting-gallery, to try his hand, as he said, at a wafer. … "No, my lord," replied Manton, "not the best, but your shooting to-day was very respectable;" upon which Byron waxed …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… parish is 2620. The only mansion is Botriphnie House, a shooting-seat. A public road from the upper districts passes …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-Fighting, Fowling, Fishing, Shooting, Bowling, Tennis, Ringing, Billiards, London Hudson …
A History of the County of Oxford
… whole township for not repairing the butts or practising shooting, as required by statute. 36 Eighteenth- and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… salute. 40 The 5th duke shocked some visitors by letting shooting and fishing by the hour, 41 and his successor caused …