Hunt & co.'s directory & court guide for the cities of Bath, Bristol, & Wells1848 - 1848 pages |
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11 morn Alfred baker Barton Bath street Batheaston Bathwick Bathwick hill Beckington Bedminster beer retailer bldgs Bridge street Bristol Broad quay Broad street Broadmead buildings Castle street Charles Chas Cheap street Church street Clerk Clifton Corn street Corsham crescent Croscombe Daniel Davis Devizes draper East Lavington Edward Eliza Elizabeth Francis grocery dealer Henry Heytesbury High street Hotwells Isaac James James's Jane John Jones Joseph Keynsham King street Kingsdown Kingsmead lane Lansdown lodging house keeper Market pl Market place Mary Ann Melksham Merchant Michael's hill Milk street Milsom street Miss Old Market st parade Park street Queen square Redcliff Redcliff hill Redcliff street Richard Robert Samuel Sarah shoe maker Silver street Somerset Stapleton road Stephen Stokes croft Sunday Taylor tea dealer Temple street terrace Thomas street Thos Twerton Union street Upper villa Walcot Walcot street Warminster Welch back West street Westbury Leigh Weston Widcombe William Wine
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Page 33 - The mayor and corporation of Devizes avail themselves of the stability of this building to transmit to future times the record of an awful event, which occurred in this market-place in the year 1753, hoping that such...
Page 33 - On Thursday the 25th of January, 1753, Ruth Pierce, of Potterne, in this county, agreed with three other women to buy a sack of wheat in the market, each paying her due proportion towards the same; one of these women, in collecting the several quotas of money, discovered a deficiency, and demanded of Ruth Pierce the sum which was wanting to make good the amount; Ruth Pierce protested that...
Page 8 - Let humble ALLEN, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.