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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
Calendar of Documents Preserved in France
… the money ( denarios) he had received for burial, for wakes ( wacis), for tolling the bells ( signis sonatis) and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Activities. Before the change in the calendar in 1752 the wakes were held on the Sunday before 18 October, the feast of … 1994 a social gathering was held during the week following Wakes Sunday. 73 In 1856 A. J. B. Hope opened a parochial … for Monday 27 October 1794, perhaps in connexion with the wakes. The orchestra was to be 'a numerous company, selected …