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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) BESFORD ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union, and Upper division of the hundred, of Pershore, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 3 miles (W. by … 179 inhabitants. The parish comprises 1320 acres of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; and is intersected …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Bethnal Green Social and Cultural Activities SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES There … questions, opening a day nursery in 1921 and providing sports facilities for the unemployed. By the mid 1930s Oxford … many for Asians. 48 Repton club, offering several sports besides dressmaking and art, 49 was voted in 1969 the …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… of the corporation, comprising the mayor, 12 aldermen, and 13 capital burgesses, did, however, alter significantly. … aldermen electing the members of their own bench for life, and also nominating the 26 candidates for election as capital … During the period 17001828 only 73 aldermen were appointed and accepted office and they were increasingly drawn from the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… copy or on the web, whether published or in manuscript, and whether early-modern or recent. For example, 'Anon … a Man may live plentifully for Two Pence a Day, printed and sold by G. Conyers, London [British Library in 'A … with their Preparations and Uses. All Sorts of Rural Sports and Exercices, conducing to the Benefit and innocent …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 86 SW) Great Billing parish lies to the E. of Northampton and prior to 20th-century boundary changes covered an area of … the W. by Little Billing, on the S. by Cogenhoe, Brafield and Little Houghton and on the E. by Ecton. Its W. and E. … the medieval village. There is also a level platform in a sports ground immediately E. of the paddock which bears no …
Old and New London
… Blackfriars Road The Surrey Theatre and Surrey Chapel CHAPTER XXVIII. BLACKFRIARS ROAD.THE SURREY … RoadThe Surrey Theatre, originally the "Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy"The Circus burnt down in 1805The Amphitheatre rebuilt, and under the Management of EllistonThe Manager in a FixThe …
A History of the County of Oxford
… asserted that Henry I built the first park wall c. 1110, and within its circuit of 7 miles kept beasts of the chase and exotic animals, including a porcupine. 31 Woodstock … minor officers, such as a janitor for the town gate and a gardener, were paid 2 d. a day. 36 When the manor and …
Old and New London
… winding alleys lead the doubtful way: The silent court and opening square explore, And long perplexing lanes untrod … chiefly in fighting pitched battles, and other disorderly sports, especially on Sundays. Such was their state in 1800. … "About the year 1770," writes Strutt, in his "Sports and Pastimes," "I saw a grand match at base (Prisoner's Base) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BLOXWORTH ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Wareham and Purbeck, hundred of CoombsDitch, Wareham division of … 400 pasture, 200 meadow, 80 woodland (chiefly coppice), and the remainder heath; the soil is various, in some parts … royal and noble blood having been shed in these dangerous sports. The parish is nearly 11 miles in extreme length, and …
A New History of London
… satisfaction, which was, the prospect of future peace and harmony between the two kingdoms, now united under one … the people dedicated the remainder of the day to sports and pastimes; which was a sufficient reason to exclude them in …