The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volumes 11-12Edward Hungerford Goddard Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1869 Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
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... held , chiefly for the sale of sheep and horses on August 6th , ( 26th July old style ) the festival of St. Anne , mother to the Blessed Virgin . Many have been the theories respecting the first origin of this fair , and the real ...
... held , chiefly for the sale of sheep and horses on August 6th , ( 26th July old style ) the festival of St. Anne , mother to the Blessed Virgin . Many have been the theories respecting the first origin of this fair , and the real ...
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... held , not in the village and near the church , but on a bleak eminence some three miles distant , and within the limits of what , though its lords owed feudal allegiance to the chief lord of All Cannings , was neverthe- less itself a ...
... held , not in the village and near the church , but on a bleak eminence some three miles distant , and within the limits of what , though its lords owed feudal allegiance to the chief lord of All Cannings , was neverthe- less itself a ...
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... held : - " The sum of £ 2 10s . , was by Mr. Mayor's appointment paid to Captain Nicholas , as an indemnity for the not keeping Tan Hill Fair , which was interdicted this year in order to prevent the dispersing of the plague ...
... held : - " The sum of £ 2 10s . , was by Mr. Mayor's appointment paid to Captain Nicholas , as an indemnity for the not keeping Tan Hill Fair , which was interdicted this year in order to prevent the dispersing of the plague ...
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... held by them for many generations . It was devised by Elizabeth Nicholas , who had become possessed of it through the death of her brother John Nicholas , in 1737 , without issue , to her great nephew Nicholas Heath , who was Rector of ...
... held by them for many generations . It was devised by Elizabeth Nicholas , who had become possessed of it through the death of her brother John Nicholas , in 1737 , without issue , to her great nephew Nicholas Heath , who was Rector of ...
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... 1492 and 1512 , three other names , but , for reasons which will be hereafter stated , they would appear to be those of Prebendaries , and not Rectors , of All Cannings . York , which he held till 1537. Wood speaks of Rectors . 23.
... 1492 and 1512 , three other names , but , for reasons which will be hereafter stated , they would appear to be those of Prebendaries , and not Rectors , of All Cannings . York , which he held till 1537. Wood speaks of Rectors . 23.
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