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The Environs of London
… through life he toil'd in learning's cause, "But more, fair Virtue, to promote thy laws: "His every action fought … explanation of it. If the MS. was not remarkably fair and legible, I should suspect that gravam, a grove, was … upon all removes of the college, the second master is by statute obliged to be." P. 3. This was in the year 1657. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the original of Miss Pinkerton's academy in Vanity Fair, which Thackeray placed in Chiswick Mall, although his … Draper, Chiswick, 76. L. Stevenson, Showman of Vanity Fair (1947), 8; V.C.H. Mdx. i. 245. W. M. Thackeray, Vanity Fair (centenary edn. 1910), i, illus. facing p. 9. Draper, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 28 Feb. 1974. Sutton Ct. Wes. Ch. Handbk. of Old Eng. Fair (1923), in Chiswick libr.; inf. from Mr. W. P. Roe. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is found, imbedded in thick slate or flagstone. A fair is held on the third Thursday in March. The living is a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the use of the term died out. The grant of a market and fair does not seem to have been preserved, but in 1498 Lord … by what right they claimed a market every Tuesday and a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of St. Lawrence (9 to 11 … and sea coast two or three days a week. 239 The ancient fair is represented by one on 20 August (old 9 August); …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… procured the grant of a weekly market and an annual fair. During the parliamentary war, the army under General … it falls on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, in which case the fair is postponed till the Tuesday following. The parish …