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A History of the County of Oxford
… Earl of Northampton. 105 There seems to have been no more fighting in Banbury until the siege of the castle, which had … was held on a turf stage erected in the Leys, and prize-fighting, as well as bull-baiting, badger-baiting, cock-fighting, and dog-fighting, was popular in Banbury in the early 19th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the use of thatch on new houses. 343 The provision of fire-fighting equipment, however, was not their concern but that … to the Local Board, which became responsible for fire-fighting in 1852, and the board acquired one of its own. 346 … Services Act, 10 & 11 Geo. VI, c. 41; F. H. Anker, 'Fire Fighting From a Vauxhall', Cake & Cockhorse, i (4), pp. 4344. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Wroxton, 49 and on the role of William IV as a reformer fighting despotism. On polling day (2 May 1831) Hutchinson …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 13th-century depressed rear-arch in the head enriched with dog-tooth. Further W. is a modern window which also opens …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1811), squire of Willey, either to mark the spot where a dog fell to its death or as the plinth of a pole from which a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… on his return from the chase, perceiving the mouth of the dog stained with blood, hastened to the nursery, and finding … Stung with remorse, Llewelyn erected a tomb over the dog's grave, not far from which the conventual church was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… and apron carved with figure-subjects of man fighting tiger and Moors. In S.W. porch on S. wall, (4) to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… been re-faced. It is of three storeys, and the original "dog-legged" stairs, in two flights from each floor, remain, …