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A History of the County of Berkshire
… of the king and his attendants, with another 5 for fire and candles for the guard. The 'malignants' among his … State entertainments at Windsor took the form of banquets, balls and concerts, but in that year a performance of The … time, 433 but the queen herself took no part in the State balls and concerts, her place being taken by the Prince and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… superior clay, great quantities of which are made into fire-bricks for furnaces and gas and other works, for which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… casing to show it. During a recent alteration a cast-iron fire-back, with an achievement of the Tudor royal arms, was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… internal flint wall, within which were extensive traces of fire. No details are available for the other two barrows, but …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… wheel and made into a pulp. It was made up by hand into balls as large as a Dutch cheese and left exposed to the weather in open sheds until the balls shrank to the size of oranges. All around were the … stories high, rudely made of poles and hurdles, and the balls were laid on twigs of twined hazel, called fleaks, …