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A History of the County of Gloucester
… was based on its manufactures, notably ironworking, its market for agricultural produce, a limited role in overseas … for the supply of goods and services to the surrounding market towns, among which it established a pre-eminence that …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… wards of the Old Town were converted into two, Lowgate and Market Place Wards. To the west of the town, North and South …
A History of the County of Leicester
… first products through a chimney sweep who kept a weekly market stall in a neighbouring town. 21 Even more important, … manufacture of women's and children's shoes for the home market. 38 Others were members of one family or men who went … his firm is still among the leading manufacturers. Born in Market Harborough in 1816, he was apprenticed to a printer in …
A History of the County of Leicester
… 1843, which stated that within the previous few years the market there for Leicester hosiery had almost disappeared, … more common articles. What was left of the United States market was being further restricted by increased tariffs. 145 …
A History of the County of Leicester
… that the competition of the Saxon hosiers for the American market could not be met as long as the Corn Laws stood. The … of June 1841, when 4,000 persons crowded into the Market Place. 46 Employers were encouraged to contribute to … out the yeomanry, and kept cavalry standing to in the Market Place. Faced with this firm show of authority the …
A History of the County of Leicester
… for: a confirmation of the trade privileges; a new horse market; and above all a strengthening of their jurisdiction … in the morning, seven or eight persons assembled at the Market Cross, . . . did there proclaim the Pretender by the …
A History of the County of Leicester
… Danish organization, but, apart from this, it had the market, mint, court of justice, and its own special peace in … profits of the borough court, the courts of the fair and market, and the views of frankpledge were paid over to the … as 6 13 s. 4 d., but it does not mention the fair and market courts separately. These values were to increase …
A History of the County of Leicester
… the building of malt kilns and the establishment of a wool market. It seems that even before the end of Elizabeth's … the Shambles, the Drapery, and the Sheep pens, though the market stalls were omitted. 113 Lands of the Hospitals of St. … name of the corporation against persons who had set up a market there. 309 The period that witnessed the formal …
A History of the County of Leicester
… in 1849, and in 1857 gave direct access to London through Market Harborough, Kettering, and Hitchin. 123 Building was … water from a spring in St. Margaret's parish to the Market Place, 164 from the Soar and from the Willow Brook, … but of this sum 200 was paid to the trustees of the Market Harborough to Loughborough turnpike, which ran through …
A History of the County of Leicester
… large and well pitched, there are five parishes. The Market Place is a large space very handsome with a good Market Cross and Town Hall. 8 The town is old timber building … eastwards from the High Cross towards the Saturday market place and the East Gate, where it has remained ever …