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A Dictionary of London
… the east end of Bull's Head Passage, adjoining Leadenhall Market (Lockie, 1810-O.S. 1880). The site is now occupied by the Market as reconstructed 1879-80. The Herb Market occupied the site in the I17th and 18th centuries. …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… Duffield, also Anglian, which enjoyed a late-surviving market and fair, lies near the main road from Selby to Market Weighton and its ancient crossing place over the … south end of the village, and forms part of the Selby to Market Weighton road. Until the late 18th century the road …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… for by a dealer who sends them pickled to the London market; the haddocks are cured for sale at Leith and Glasgow, … where several annual fairs are held, and also a weekly market for grain; and from near the same place, coal of an … of which some are packed in ice, and sent to the London market. The soil, though generally light, is not unfertile; …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… high points of land, where Stow-on-the-Wold was built as a market town. In 1862 a railway was built through the middle …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… is 1 mile north-west of the road from Uppingham to Market Harborough at Medbourne, and only minor roads enter … the 20th century. The railway line from Melton Mowbray to Market Harborough crosses the parish in the south-east, in a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Sleaford, New (St. Denis) SLEAFORD, NEW ( St. Denis), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the … the Trent navigation, and greatly promotes the trade. The market is on Monday; and fairs take place on PloughMonday, … (W.) from London; containing 1189 inhabitants. A cattle-market is held on Tuesday. Here is a station of the Great …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Michael) SMARDEN ( St. Michael), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of West Ashford, hundred of … Ashford; containing 489 inhabitants. This was formerly a market-town; and fairs are still held on May 12th and …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… III. the 20th part of a fee of John de Britannia. Alan de Swaffham held half a fee of the said honour. The tenths were … 4 cal. Febr. 1280. William, son of Alan de la Sale de Swaffham, conveyed his right to Ralph, abbot of Littleshale, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… is 5 l. 6 s. 8 d. and is discharged of tenths, &c. It is a market town, but the market, which is on Friday, is not much frequented. Vicars. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… who were the first people to appreciate the potential market open to a company offering railway wagons for hire as … & Chamberlain and then Nettlefolds Ltd.) dominated the market by the mid 1860s. 39 Among those prominent in its … for iron bedsteads began to decline there was a growing market for similar enamels for use on vehicle chassis and …