Copy 1, Volume 1

England and Wales delineated, historical, entertaining & commercial. Alphabetically arranged / by Thomas Dugdale ... Assisted by William Burnett.

  • Thomas Dugdale
Date:
[1854-60?]
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Credit: England and Wales delineated, historical, entertaining & commercial. Alphabetically arranged / by Thomas Dugdale ... Assisted by William Burnett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J-ond.Uahon. 43 I Baldersley * to 22 I Balderston chap 30 ] Balderton pa 181 Baldock f.. ,m. t. Si pa 31 I Baldon Marsh pa 31 I Baldon-Toot pa N. R. York. Lancas ter... Nottingham. Hertford . .. Oxford Ripon 6 Preston 7 Newark 2 Hertford .. .19 Oxford 7 Oxford l 6 Thirsk 61 Borobridge . .8 Blackburn.. .5 1 Clitheroe.. .12 Bingham .. .12 Grantham . .12 Biggleswade 8 Stevenage .. .6 Abingdon .. .7 Wheatley .. .7 7 I ‘....7 214 217 122 37 52 53 287 658 810 1704 318 272 Balby. afterwards he married the widow of Judge Fell, in the simple unosten- tatious manner practised by the sect to the present day. His health, however, was impaired by imprisonment and suffering, and he lived in a more retired manner to the day of his death, which took place in the year 16[)0, in the G/th year of his age. Right of Common. Singular custom. * BALDERSLEY. Near this village is an extensive common, called Hutton Conyers Moor, on which there is a rabbit-warren ; the inhabitants have a right of estray for their sheep on this moor, in conjunction with some other townships, and each township has a shepherd. The lord’s shepherd has a pre-eminence of tending his sheep on every part of the common ; and wherever he herds the lord’s sheep, the several other shep- herds are to give place to him, and give up what is termed their hofiong place, so long as they are depastured thereon. The lord’s court is held on the first of January; the shepherds attend the court, and each do i fealty by bringing a large apple-pye and a two-penny sweet-cake ; each pve is divided into two parts, and distributed by the bailiff between the steward, the tenant of the rabbit-warren, and the shepherds of the townships, re- serving a portion however for himself. Each pye contains about a peck of flour, and the bailiff measures them with a rule to see that they are of j the proper dimensions ; should they not be so he threatens to fine the town ; he, however, has to provide furmenty (a food made by boiling wheat in milk) and mustard. The furmenty is put into an earthen pot, and the top of the dish placed level with the ground, all persons present are invited to partake ; those who do not accept the invitation are deemed disloval to their lord. Every shepherd is compelled to bring a spoon with him, and in cases of neglect, or wilful pleasantry, they are obliged to sup the hot furmenty from the pot, and the bystanders not unfrequently plunge the offenders head into the mixture, as a matter of diversion. uharks’ teeth found in rutting through a hill. f BALDOCK is situated between two hills, at the intersection of the great north road, and the Roman Ikeneld street. It was formerly the property of the Knights Templars, to whom Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke, gave the site; it was then called Baudoc : but some antiquarians, with little reason, derive its name from Balbec, a city in Syria, from which this order of knights was expelled by the Saracens. It principally consists of one long ancient street. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a spa- cious structure, and was built by the Knights Templars, and again partly re-built in the early part of the fifteenth century. All the early portion of this structure is of pure Roman architecture, and the latter of the florid gothic. The steeple, which is octagonal, was re-built a few years ago. In the church is a richly carved oaken screen, part of the ancient rood-loft, and a very curious font. In cutting through Baldock-hill, to form a new road, a number of fossils, consisting of cornua ainmonis, sharks’ teeth, &c., were discovered. There is a curious custom in this manor. When the Steward holds his Court Leet, the bell tolls, to summons the copy- hold tenants together, to do their suit and service at dinner, to which every baker sends a loaf of bread, and every victualler a flagon of ale or beer. The object of this custom is intended for the Court Leet to examine the measures, as well as to judge ol the quality ol the articles ol lood. Market, Thursrlnv—fairs, March 7 ; last Thursday in May: August 5 : October 2; De- cember 11, for cheese, cuttle, and household goods.—Mail arrives^ 12.31 morning, departs 2.16 morning.—/Jankers, Williamson and Co., draw on lloare and Co.— Inn, Vi hite Hurt.