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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. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 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
… 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. … three separate tenements in which 'the poor of the borough are placed'; when and how it was acquired is not …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the … gross, compared with only 9 6 s. 10 d. received from the borough. 1 A considerable demesne farm, including up to 500 … settlement of Witney had been taken into Curbridge at the borough's foundation, while detached woods in Hailey and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ancient mills ANCIENT MILLS In 1086 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ecomonic development since 1945 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC … the period some 3540 per cent of recorded trades in the borough were associated with the cloth industry, with small … also affected the town: successful debt recoveries in the borough court declined in the early 1600s, and the court's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS … cattle and sheep market, early 20th century. Despite the borough's early success 8 neither the market nor fairs seem … for 56 s. a year, at first to Raulin. Later lessees were borough reeves or bailiffs and other prominent townsmen, who, …
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. Fairs were founded in 1202 and 1231, the borough was extended in 121920, and there seems no doubt that …