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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Watford - Wayford Watford (St. Mary) WATFORD ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the … on a viaduct 312 feet in length and 30 in breadth. The market, granted by Henry I., is held on Tuesday: the market-house is an indifferent building, supported on wooden …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Street, S. side b(6). The Compasses Inn, at the corner of Market Street, has a small 15th-century oak window of two …
A History of the County of Hertford
… in 1814, having begun their work at Watford in 1808 in the market place and in a room at Hedges Yard. In 1838 the … Mary's Road. The Roman Catholic church of the Holy Rood in Market Street was completed in 1895 at the charges of Mr. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… was erected in High Street, to take the place of the old market house, which had been burned down. The opening of the … carving. Between Monmouth House and the south end of the market place there is very little old work of interest, with … wall of the 'Compasses' public house at the corner of Market Street. At the south end of the market place are two …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lead-mines, where the population is employed. A customary market, on Saturday, has been established for more than a … and there are cattle-fairs in spring and autumn: the market-cross was erected at the expense of the late Sir Ralph … to parliament in the 34th and 35th of Edward I.; and had a market on Wednesday, with an annual fair. Wear-Gifford (Holy …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… mixed pickles] A fashionable form of PICKLE sold by up-market suppliers in the eighteenth century, that has not …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Birmingham railway, which passes through the parish. The market is on Friday; and fairs take place on May 6th and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… name. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. Weighton, Market (All Saints) WEIGHTON, MARKET ( All Saints), a markettown and parish, in the union … and the soil partly chalk and partly clay. The market is on Wednesday; and fairs are held on May 14th and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Welham WELHAM Welham lies four miles north-east of Market Harborough on the north side of the River Welland … In Weston, the road crosses the railway line from Market Harborough to Peterborough and its branch line through … the passage of the Act for repairing the road from Market Harborough to Loughborough via Leicester, 16 he put …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the eighteenth of Edward I., a charter was obtained for a market to be held on every Monday, and a fair annually, to … lighted and paved, the principal of them meeting in the market-place; and the houses, erected of the red-sandstone … a station of the Northampton and Peterborough railway. The market was granted by King John, at the request of the monks …