horse-fair

No matter, he had the length of the enclave wall to tell over pace by pace like beads, in gratitude, from the corner of the horse-fair to the gates, with the beloved bulk of the church like a warmth in the winter night on his left hand within the pale, a benediction all the way.

A River So Long 2010

I tried to get lodgings in the house, but there had been a horse-fair, or something of that sort, and it was full.

Reprinted Pieces 2007

The last day of the fair is the horse-fair, where the whole is closed with both horse and foot races, to divert the meaner sort of people only, for nothing considerable is offered of that kind.

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

The last day of the fair is the horse-fair, where the whole is closed with both horse and foot races, to divert the meaner sort of people only, for nothing considerable is offered of that kind.

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

After all I have said above, there is no need to explain to the reader how I happened five years ago to be at Lebedyan just in the very thick of the horse-fair.

A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

No matter, he had the length of the enclave wall to tell over pace by pace like beads, in gratitude, from the corner of the horse-fair to the gates, with the beloved bulk of the church like a warmth in the winter night on his left hand within the pale, a benediction all the way.

Brother Cadfael's Penance Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1994

Cadfael lighted down, prepared to stable his own beast, but unsure whether the mules might still be housed in the barn on the horse-fair; and out of the weaving excitement around him Brother Mark came darting with a whoop of pleasure.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

Still, he owed it to Brother Cadfael to wait in patience, as he had promised, and only in the darkest middle of the night had he ventured out to stretch his legs and explore the alleys and lanes about the horse-fair, and the silent and empty stretch of the Foregate, the great street that set out purposefully for London.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

They clattered out on to the triangle of the horse-fair, and by instinct Edwin used knee and heel to turn the horse away from the town and out along the Foregate.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

The wide triangle of the horse-fair ground gleamed faintly pallid with light frost.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992