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A History of the County of Stafford
… 22 Leland c. 1540 described Walsall as a little market town with a park, many smiths and bit-makers, and pits …
A History of the County of Stafford
… from appointing officials. 73 In 1806 it promulgated some market by-laws, 74 but no later examples of such activity … from the borough (mainly rents, perquisites of court, and market tolls) and expenditure within it was transferred to … 1853 the leet appointed two ale-tasters or clerks of the market for the borough; from 1737 they were known simply as …
A History of the County of Stafford
… May 1743 Charles Wesley preached from the steps of Walsall market house to a crowd of 'fierce Ephesian beasts . . . who …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the manor to the burgesses of Walsall stipulated that the market-place should be kept clean. 38 By the 17th century the … Daily Post, 19 June 1866, p. 5; Walsall Improvement and Market Act, 1848, 11 & 12 Vic. c. 161 (Local and Personal), …
A History of the County of Stafford
… spread westwards down High Street, the 'alta via' with its market-place of the 1309 borough charter, 50 and Digbeth, so … Street, was widened into what is now Church Hill, and the market house at the foot of it was pulled down. 84 CENTRAL …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… overflowed, thus Cley by the Sea, and Cley-Cockley near Swaffham. King Richard II. granted to the inhabitants A o. … in the 53d of Henry III. was probably born here. It is a market town, the market is weekly on Wednesday, and had a fair when the Bigots …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… of the said reign, Sir Guy de Botetourt had a grant of a market and a fair here: and before this, in the 15th, claimed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… or Holy-Cross ( Holy Cross and St. Lawrence), a market-town and parish, in the union of Edmonton, hundred of … Eastern Counties railway passes within half a mile. The market is on Tuesday: fairs are held on May 14th and … was afterwards converted into farms by Bishop Morley. The market is on Friday. Fairs are held on the second Friday in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… interlacing ornament. d(5). Shop and House, on E. side of Market Square, 100 yards S.E. of the church. The upper storey … moulded wall-post. d(7). House and Shop, on W. side of Market Square, 30 yards W. of (5), was built probably in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… later a band from Loughton held services first in the Old Market Hall, then at Farm Hill House, and later in a building … Edmondson placed the rent charge on property near the corn market, and applied it to the support of the church school at …