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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 30. 10. Uckfield (Holy Cross) UCKFIELD ( Holy Cross), a market-town, a parish, and the head of a union, in the … assemblies take place in a handsome ball-room. There is a market for corn on Friday; and cattle-fairs occur on May 14th …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… excellent quality are sent for the supply of the Aberdeen market; much attention is also paid to live-stock. The cattle … and about thirty tons are annually prepared for the London market. Shell-fish of every kind are also abundant on the … extent, and about 225 tons are annually sent to market; the people also weave woollen and other cloths for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a quarry of freestone. According to vulgar tradition, a market was once held at Ulgham, and the stump of an ancient cross, said to have been connected with a market, still remains in the centre of the village. The … 101. 3. 10. Ulverston (St. Mary) ULVERSTON ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum
… and that of the merchants who cannot get their goods to market, yet dare not sail without convoy on account of the …
Old and New London
… by means of a short tunnel, under the Metropolitan Meat Market at Smithfield, and then, after once more coming into … full of costermongers coming from the Saturday morning's market. At a later part of the same day we travelled from the … difference to him, for he did all his marketing at Newgate Market after his work was over, early on the Saturday. 'See …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the river Avon: it comprises by computation 3287 acres. A market for the inhabitants was granted by Henry III. to Peter … warren, and two annual fairs, one of which, as well as the market, is discontinued. The living is a discharged vicarage, … and the surrounding country is pleasingly diversified. The market, granted by Edward I. in 1280 to Peter de Montford, is …
A History of the County of Essex
… the road was much used by those taking corn to Romford market. Joseph Grave, the younger, absentee lord of Gaynes, … the later 19th century there was a considerable growth of market-gardening in Upminster, as in neighbouring parishes. … Royal Agricultural Society for creating a 'new model' in market-gardening. 209 By 1905 arable and woodlands had …
A History of the County of Essex
… rectors alike suggest that the living was often in the market. 20 The first named assistant curate occurs in 1557, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… greatly influenced by the growth of the coastal towns. Two market gardeners were recorded in 1852. 53 In 1875 the chief …
Survey of London
… on works. But in 1905 the adverse state of the property market compelled the Grosvenor Board to change its leasing …