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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Street, begins at the church and goes eastward. The market-place, where the town hall is situated, opens out of … in 1901. Leland, about 1535, described it as 'a little market; having no notable water about it; four miles from … in 1760: 'About eight miles off is a very pleasant market town called Prescot. In riding to this place …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Road. On the north side of the town hall is the open market place, around which may be seen the Harris Free … acts of his progenitors, adding liberty of a weekly market on Wednesday and an annual fair of five days, 27 to 31 … custom, this latter being also the origin of their weekly market. 37 The town had a moiety of the Ribble finery. 38 The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The land is given over almost entirely to farming and market-gardening, crops of corn and potatoes being the chief …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… for this district. Turning south by Cross Lane, the Cattle Market is passed on the west side. 7 After passing the … between Adelphi Street and the river. The Town Hall and market had been built; there were numerous churches and … viz. on 4 June 1228, the king had granted a weekly market on Wednesdays and an annual fair on the eve, day, and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… his son Adam Sandys, 10 to whom with others the Hawkshead market charter was granted in 1606. By Adam's will, dated in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… up on their farms within the said town to anybody in open market or elsewhere except to him (James) for 2 s., under the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… replaced by an urban district council of nine members. The market cross is a modern one on the ancient steps; the stocks …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a farmhouse again. In 1881 Francis Sharrod ran a 27a. market garden at Bexmore. He was still alive in 1900, but by … 162 James Bird, described as a gardener in 1841 and as a market gardener in 1850, had a smallholding centred on … by the tenant, John Burton, who farmed 50 a. there as a market gardener in 1861. By 1871 the smallholding appears to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… twenty-four. 7 A century ago it was famous as a fat pig market, some six hundred animals being killed weekly for …