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A History of the County of Berkshire
… length in the London Gazette. The whole court assembled to watch the water being forced up to a height of 66 ft. above …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the markets and the port and to pave, cleanse, light, and watch the streets. The chief consequences of this Act were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… trading in jewellery and silks set up as a jeweller and watch-mender at both Witney and Woodstock. 202 Other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… founded Witney Express. 56 As earlier there were several watch- or clockmakers, one of whom in the 1890s was also a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the justices in 1738 for refusing to take up their watch while a constable was ill. 169 A bellman or town crier, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was sheltered from the weather by a common watch-box, there being at the time no houses in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… highly polished, studded jewellery and objects such as watch chains, buckles, scissors, buttons, and boxes. 75 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Firth and the Scottish coast, was probably used as a watch-tower, to guard against the incursions of the Scots. …