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  • ...the night following the battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, and taken bread and beer for himself and his party of about 60 cavaliers. ...emes in the area, will lead to much increased traffic problems on the High Street.
    8 KB (1,219 words) - 22:35, 28 January 2016
  • |picture=Criffel Street, Silloth.jpg |picture caption=Criffel Street, Silloth
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  • ...he had pleas of withernam, view of frankpledge, the gallows and assize of bread and ale. Two years later there was a serious riot against the increase of c ...1743 (a Sunday morning), a great fire started, completely destroying High Street and buildings in the "West Town".<ref name="hosk"/> At that period of time
    10 KB (1,616 words) - 18:36, 25 January 2013
  • ...town is known informally as Old Shilton, which is mainly strung along Wood Street but behind it wind several little back lanes and paths known as "The Backs" ...ite of an existing twelfth century chapel called St Peter's between Church Street and Almey's Lane (known locally as 'Hall Yard'), but as a fortress it laste
    12 KB (2,086 words) - 07:37, 28 January 2016
  • ...next to the B1398, is Mount Pleasant Mill (where flour is still produced & bread is made from it in the bakery alongside) & from here there is a view over t St Andrew's United Church is on St Andrews Street and includes Anglican, Methodist and Baptist congregations.
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  • ...ited by artisans and labourers. Its principal industries were engineering, bread and biscuit baking, soap-making and paint-making.<ref name="Smith">Robin Sm ...uring the nearby Rangers. Rangers once played at a ground in West Scotland Street within Kinning Park Burgh from 1876-87<ref name=rangerspedia>http://www.ran
    4 KB (622 words) - 13:54, 16 February 2023
  • .... Elizabeth I granted Heston to Sir Thomas Gresham, and, after eating some bread made from locally grown wheat, insisted on a supply for her own personal us ...paper referred to in his later "Peace for our time" speech from 10 Downing Street.<ref name=Sherwood>Sherwood (1999)</ref>
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  • ...ch of England]] worship. Among these are an oven used for baking communion bread in the south east corner of the north chapel.<ref name="curio"/> ...ountry, Crewkerne Unitarian Church, a tiny chapel tucked away on Hermitage Street.<ref>{{cite web | title=West Unitarians | work=Western Unitarians Congregat
    11 KB (1,693 words) - 07:08, 19 September 2019
  • ...h, running down Gungate, then west along Church Street, south along Silver Street and Holloway, and then following the old course of the [[River Tame, Staffo ...cal market town, it did a brisk trade providing travellers with the staple bread, ale and accommodation, maintaining trading links as far afield as Bristol.
    12 KB (1,860 words) - 11:27, 21 November 2019
  • ...town a Market Charter in 1252. Originally, the market was held in the High Street and in Market Square, only moving to its present location in 1868. Sheep an ...acts available for viewing at the Heritage Centre, Blackman's Yard, Market Street, which is run by members of the Hailsham Historical and Natural History Soc
    12 KB (1,933 words) - 22:00, 15 August 2013
  • |picture caption=The main street in the village ...ng in 81 houses indifferently built and so placed as to form one irregular street. A writer at the time described the surrounding scenery, though bold, as "g
    8 KB (1,391 words) - 16:38, 3 December 2022
  • ...y]] and [[Rotherham]] to [[Pontefract]], the latter a branch of [[Ryknield Street]]. North of the town was the ford of the [[River Dearne]] that gave the vi ...Wath and [[Swinton, West Riding|Swinton]] and its memory is left in local street names, such as Racecourse Road, built on the line of the course.
    8 KB (1,328 words) - 10:53, 23 October 2023
  • ...13th-century landowner; and Swansley, south-east of the gibbet. St Peter's Street, north and east of the church, may have been the centre of the original vil ...7 miles east of the town of [[St Neots]]. It stands on the A1198 ([[Ermine Street]], the Old North Road) between the villages of [[Papworth Everard]], to the
    8 KB (1,309 words) - 22:09, 2 May 2014
  • On the east, [[Ermine Street]] (A1198) separates Papworth St Agnes from [[Hemingford Abbots]] and [[Hilt One of the most interesting features of the village is the old bread oven which sits on the triangular green where the road splits off to the Ch
    6 KB (973 words) - 18:43, 13 January 2023
  • ...d gradually become the main product and went for manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, locally available, is still useful. An extensive bonded wareho ...r, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was destroyed by fire in about 1968. A street nearby now bears its name.
    10 KB (1,616 words) - 21:25, 6 October 2014
  • |picture=Main Street, St Boswells - geograph.org.uk - 596439.jpg The Romans came to this area almost two thousand years ago, leaving [[Dere Street]] and the nearby fort of Trimontium as evidence of their occupation. Follow
    13 KB (2,265 words) - 14:21, 25 November 2014
  • ...and South Street. However, the planners eventually decided that the term 'Street' was too urban, so today the town has Musters Road and South Road. ...Locale_West_Bridgford</ref> Chris Arnot in the ''Independent'' commented, 'Bread and lard? Not likely - it's all ciabatta and tapenade these days'.<ref name
    7 KB (1,113 words) - 16:35, 19 May 2015
  • ...r court rolls for committing further offences involving the sale of ale or bread!) Moot Hall continued to be used for court hearings until proper the estab ...treet, Wilstead Road and West End are Whitbread (Southill) Estate, ''not'' street, numbers.)
    8 KB (1,370 words) - 21:38, 7 September 2015
  • ...the Tontine Hotel, which stood at the corner of Buchanan Street and Cotton Street. The plethora of no longer required ex-army vehicles after World War I bega .... He acquired 12 vans, as well as horse and carts to distribute. Bilslands bread all over Scotland. He later acquired other firms including Gray and Dunn bi
    8 KB (1,244 words) - 14:39, 12 October 2015
  • ...llage church of St James contains a famous painting, ''Christ Blessing the Bread and Wine'', by John Constable. [[File:Fen Street, Nayland - geograph.org.uk - 1352840.jpg|thumb|250px|Fen Street]]
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