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A History of the County of Oxford
… not clear: after 1795, when the almshouse was rebuilt as a row of six cottages, each was usually let to non-paupers at … haberdasher from a long-established Witney family, built a row of almshouses at Newland for six women inmates in 1827, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… labourers who were taxed on 2 or less, while in 1639 the butcher Stephen Collier's goods were worth 150 including …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 6 s. 8 d. was spent on covering or roofing the market. 49 Shambles were mentioned in 1367 and frequently from the 16th … three rows, perhaps recently built. A new padlock for the shambles was provided by the churchwardens in 17923, and a partly occupied row remained in 1816, but was removed before 1840. 51 By the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owned property in 'la boucherie' (presumably the butchers' shambles) in Oxford, and shambles in Witney were recorded from the 14th century. 14 … of the Staple. 80 Richard Martin, a Witney woolman and butcher, had a debt with a London merchant in 1509, and may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nine, a cabinet-maker and upholsterer with seven, and a butcher with eight. A farmer at Newland, with 10 farm …
A History of the County of Oxford
… market place was underway by possibly the 1360s when the shambles were first mentioned, located probably, as later, on … in the 1590s by a cardmaker, haberdasher, shoemaker, butcher, and leading clothier. 176 Most such houses were … said to be 'in' or 'opposite' the shambles or butcher row, presumably replaced temporary stalls or booths, and may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from three to four cottages before 1761, were rebuilt as a row of six in 1795. 43 Sometimes division followed from … as did that of another broadweaver in 1719. 73 In 1700 a butcher's comfortably furnished living room (the contents … for their workers: in 1840 William Marriott owned a row of fourteen (with detached gardens) fronting Mill Street, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for rubbish-clearing, and for repair of a padlock in the shambles, besides regular payments for maintenance of a … one external tap in 1945, 266 probably typical of the row. Health Provision Witney had surgeons and apothecaries …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with small amounts of land and, from 1705, with the shambles and the right to shovel dung in the streets; tenants …