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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and Industry During the earlier 13th century the recently … who was typical of the sort of wool merchant and sheep farmer attracted to Witney during the later 15th century. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The … on out-workers, only the builder James Long and the farmer and woolstapler James Clinch employed twenty people or … and upholsterer with seven, and a butcher with eight. A farmer at Newland, with 10 farm workers, employed another 33 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be taught', … use. 4 About 1571 the churchwardens glazed its windows, 5 and small bequests for its upkeep were made in the early 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the … messuage' occupied in 1590 by the wealthy fuller and farmer Thomas Box stood at High Street's north-east end …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was … thereafter parlours without beds became common, as in a farmer's house in 1678, those of a saddler and a clothier in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Manor and Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') MANOR AND MANOR HOUSE ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King … right to shovel dung in the streets; tenants included the farmer John Warwick, and in 1741 the wealthy Witney currier …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … Local organizers included the chemist Richard Neave, the farmer Charles Buckingham, and the bone-setter John Oyston … and confidante of Wesley, and she and Edward, a Finstock farmer and a respected local preacher, were instrumental in …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which … one business. He was a warehouseman, coal merchant, and farmer, as well as an oysterman. The Sandfords were suc- …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the … parishes on the other side of the Colne: Joseph Page, a farmer from Fingringhoe, frequently took part in social …
A History of the County of Essex
… warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held … on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the lord's rights of avesage, pannage, and larder were heard; admissions to and surrenders of …