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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… canopies, has been adopted for the arms granted to the borough in 1929, which have a crest showing a ship with St. Peter's Keys on one of the sails. 43 This badge (keys) is used on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and … 27 persons. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12. 12. 3., and in the gift of H. C. Sturt, Esq.: … Chulmleigh; containing 1399 inhabitants. This is a decayed borough and market-town. A fair for cattle is held on June …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish … of Withiel. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: … In the fifth year of the same reign, the place was made a borough, and returned two members to parliament, from which, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR … The Church Green Almshouse and Town Feoffees By 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. … by subscriptions, loans, and a subvention from the town's Freeland estate charity, 1 together with sale of old …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the … from rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 the manor was valued at just under 94 … gross, compared with only 9 6 s. 10 d. received from the borough. 1 A considerable demesne farm, including up to 500 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ancient mills ANCIENT MILLS In 1086 … manor included two water mills together rendering 32 s. 6 d. a year. Probably they stood near the sites of Waleys … precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at what may both have been early crossings of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ecomonic development since 1945 … began a fundamental and long-term shift in the town's social and economic structure. Such changes were … and commercial development. 2 The break with the town's pre-War economy was completed by the rapid decline, from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, … the period some 3540 per cent of recorded trades in the borough were associated with the cloth industry, with small …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS … declined or remained low, suggesting that much of the town's trading took place outside the formal market structure. In … cattle and sheep market, early 20th century. Despite the borough's early success 8 neither the market nor fairs seem …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry … During the earlier 13th century the recently founded borough, despite temporary setbacks, seems to have thrived. … international scale. More general resurgence of the town's population and economy followed, though possibly not until …