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A History of the County of Oxford
… Probably much of Oxford Street was occupied by beast and horse markets mentioned later: a swine market mentioned in 1468-9 has not been located. 43 Horse Fair was at the southern entrance to the town in the … at its junction with Brown's Lane by a 'great wooden bridge', maintained by the corporation. 59 The bridge may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Rectory Lane, once Townsend pool and the site of the horse fair, was deemed to be in Hensington, and the borough … it in 1827 the corporation refused to contribute. 41 The bridge at the Old Woodstock end of the causeway was accepted … but by August there was only a troop of the queen's horse; the garrison was reinforced late in 1643, but most of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1634 when the chamberlains were ordered to repair the bridge in Hollow Way and in 1828 when the corporation was … 39 In 1768 it was agreed to move the stocks and pillory to Horse Fair, 40 at that date the eastern section of High … in the 17th century, notably on the Hollow Way, the wooden bridge over it, and the causeway and footpath leading to Old …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acquired the stewardship in 1668, established an annual horse race in the park, 17 offered gifts to the corporation, … agreeing to stand down. Lovelace temporarily withdrew his horse races to Oxford and by 1681 his influence, despite …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… on dwarf walls which thus cleared the intrados of the bridge behind; of these only part of the S. respond of the S. … shafts with moulded bases and scalloped capitals. The bridge in the W. bay, carrying the passage over from the … The water-wheel and later turbine has been removed. The Bridge nearby is inscribed with the initials and date EW …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… manors c. 1540, and was therefore presumably near Horse Pill. 3 The Duke of Beaufort had 400 salmon putchers at Horse Pill in 1866 4 and owned the fishing rights in the … in the Wye River Authority in 1969. 6 The tenants of the Horse Pill fishery since 1926 have been E. J. Harris and his …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… thence, with the exception of the meadow north of Mickla Bridge and a small piece of land at Cone Pill the boundary … south-west the boundary follows the stream that flows into Horse Pill from the road from Gloucester to Chepstow, but … and to Wyvern Pond from c. 1900. 60 Although there was a bridge on the main road by 1769 a ford then remained on the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 13 The road crossed the Withy Pill rhyne by Quaking bridge. 14 Other routes run east - west between Cossington …