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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish in 1811, a part of which was deposited in the British Museum. Withington (St. Peter) WITHINGTON ( St. … On the crown of Woodbury Hill are the remains of a British camp, comprising an area of 26 acres. It is supposed …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… 'A' sherd from the outer edge of the barrow and two Romano-British tile fragments in the rubble of the barrow mound. A … they were contained in a jar. There were also Romano-British potsherds, a piece of iron and a skeleton, possibly in association. 2 Romano-British pottery has been found at SP 05021429 and 05321432 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… back carved with thistle-plant and arched enrichment, top-rail with grotesques, foliage, and the date 1626; (2) with … rosettes in interlacing pattern, fluted and scrolled top-rail, early 17th-century; (3) modern but incorporating … legs in the form of a diminishing pilaster, enriched top-rail and moulded lower rail, mid 17th-century, top modern. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was the largest single employer in the area apart from British Leyland in Oxford. 23 46. Smiths' of England … remained disadvantaged by lack of good motorway or rail links. 39 Retailing expanded to meet local needs. By the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… looms in 1858; 43 thereafter, with cheap coal available by rail from 1861, steam power became common. New Mill acquired … to Witney Mills (1898): copy in Bodl. GA Oxon. 8 701; British Industries Business Review (1895), 29. Smith, 'Reminiscences', pp. 334; British Industries Business Review (1895), p. 31; Plummer and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… continued to be white or coloured blankets, dispatched by rail and sold worldwide. In the 1930s South Africa was a notable market, though most blankets were sold to British firms. 17 Rugs, mops, and horse-collar cloths were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… network, and local industry subsequently relied heavily on rail until the closure of the Witney line in the 1960s. The … Cal. QS, i, pp. 153b, 181; ORO, Welch XXVIII/1. Universal British Dir. (17908), iv. 806; Pigot's Lond. & Prov. Dir. … econ. hist. (mkts and fairs). Brewer, Oxon. 485. Universal British Dir. (17908), iv. 8069, largely repeating R. Blome, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… protect against draughts, a pulpit at its far end, and a rail dividing the men's and women's benches. 239 In 1796 the … sports clubs, included a strong Women's Institute, a British Legion, a Young Men's Social Club based at Church … 444 An annual July carnival, sponsored at first by the British Legion, was started in 1928, and Witney feast …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford was acquired from the British Red Cross Society in 1923 and was replaced in 1934, … 1757, dating it to 1249; A. Ballard and J. Tait (eds.), British Borough Charters, 12161307 (1923), pp. xciii, 386; … x. 88. For St John the Baptist, M. D. Anderson, Imagery of British Churches (1955), 1556; VCH Oxon. iv. 322. N. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Winchester); F. M. Powicke and E. B. Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology (1961 edn), 259; Oxf. Dioc. Yr. Bk. (1980 …