The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 7Edward Hungerford Goddard Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1862 - Archaeology Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
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Page 11
... century nicknamed " the Potatoe Choppers , " which arose in this way . In one of the rides of Savernake forest , potatoes were put on the tops of sticks , which the cavalry rode at , and at a full gallop cut the potatoes off the sticks ...
... century nicknamed " the Potatoe Choppers , " which arose in this way . In one of the rides of Savernake forest , potatoes were put on the tops of sticks , which the cavalry rode at , and at a full gallop cut the potatoes off the sticks ...
Page 26
... century , as my late friends Mr. Curwood , the eminent Barrister , and Mr. Bellamy , who was clerk of assize on the Oxford Circuit , and went the Circuit for 60 years , both remembered them on the village greens about the country , in a ...
... century , as my late friends Mr. Curwood , the eminent Barrister , and Mr. Bellamy , who was clerk of assize on the Oxford Circuit , and went the Circuit for 60 years , both remembered them on the village greens about the country , in a ...
Page 33
... century , adds , " and there is also yet preserved an iron Brank or Bridle for scolds , which has been used within the memory of the author's informant , Mr. Browne - and which is mentioned as " a brydle for a curste quean , " among the ...
... century , adds , " and there is also yet preserved an iron Brank or Bridle for scolds , which has been used within the memory of the author's informant , Mr. Browne - and which is mentioned as " a brydle for a curste quean , " among the ...
Page 40
... . 33. The ducking - pool also , with the tumbrel post , remained at Macclesfield in the last century . Hist . of Cheshire , vol . iii . , p . 385 . coat , hand - cuffs and bilboes , and other. 40 Facts relating to Marlborough .
... . 33. The ducking - pool also , with the tumbrel post , remained at Macclesfield in the last century . Hist . of Cheshire , vol . iii . , p . 385 . coat , hand - cuffs and bilboes , and other. 40 Facts relating to Marlborough .
Page 45
... indeed Mr. Long admits ( p . 390 vol . vi . ) " in nearly every particular , " the tale told on traditionary infor- mation by Lord Webb Seymour to Sir Walter Scott , and related by Aubrey nearly two centuries back , and within one 45.
... indeed Mr. Long admits ( p . 390 vol . vi . ) " in nearly every particular , " the tale told on traditionary infor- mation by Lord Webb Seymour to Sir Walter Scott , and related by Aubrey nearly two centuries back , and within one 45.
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