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A History of the County of Essex
… being impounded occurs in 1607. The erection of a pair of butts was ordered in 1567; they are last mentioned in 1610 as …
A History of the County of Stafford
… still played on that green in the late 1980s. 61 Archery butts stood in Castle ditch in the late 17th century. 62 They … was a society of Gentlemen Archers. 63 There were also butts on the east side of Beacon Street south of Wheel Lane … Competition meetings were held in July and August, using butts on land near St. John's hospital. 66 The society …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and Bridgnorth. 76 There were at least four hemp butts and a hemp yard in 1598 77 and in 1717 there were about … in 1784 79 but in 1804 there were only five small hemp butts. 80 From the 1680s to 1720, while the Revd. George …