Winchester, presents of sugar loaves at, 66-69;
curious regulations, 215
Women wearing wigs, 9, 22
Worcester, curious baking regulation, 140
Wressel Castle, 125
Wycombe, customs at, 55-56
York, Duke of, slain, 98;
head spiked, 98
York, Lord Mayor of, 49
York, walls and gates of, 96-104
SOME RECENT BOOKS PUBLISHED BY
WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO.,
5, FARRINGDON AVENUE, LONDON, E.C.
Antiquities and Curiosities of the Church.
EDITED BY William Andrews, F.R.H.S.
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of Repentance--Cursing by Bell, Book, and Candle--Pulpits--Church
Windows--Alms-Boxes and Alms-Dishes--Old Collecting
Boxes--Gargoyles--Curious Vanes--People and Steeple
Rhymes--Sun-Dials--Lack of the Clock-House--Games in Churchyards--Circular
Churchyards--Church and Churchyard Charms and Cures--Yew Trees in
Churchyards.
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study of antiquarian subjects."--_Chester Courant._
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