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A History of the County of Lancaster
… 11 Fairs are held on 5 March, 3 May, and 18 September. The wakes begin on the Saturday after August Bank Holiday. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Didsbury, 61, 62. Ibid. 48, 49; a description of the old wakes. See also A. Burton, Rushbearing, 160, where the date …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1858, is now used as a school and council office. The wakes, or rush-bearing of the Newton wakes, had a singular custom called Threedy wheel, introduced …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ran pipes from his own apparatus. It is said that the 'wakes' owe their date to the opening of St. John's Church in …