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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Withiel (St. Uvell) WITHIEL ( St. Uvell), a parish, in the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from … tilting for barges and wagons, felting for paper-makers, and mops, are likewise made to a considerable extent. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green Almshouse and Town Feoffees By 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and … with preference given to widows of clothiers or blanket-makers. 6 The houses, to include an upper and lower room and … work yearly; similar bequests to Northleach (Glos.). 52 Mr Bolt of Oxford: before 1682, 5 to the poor of Witney. John …
A History of the County of Oxford
… predominantly agricultural, with profits from rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 … to farm it from the manor house until the 17th century, and agricultural buildings there remained in use by local … Hist. vol. 2, no. 3 (1985), 76; Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 1502; PRO, HO 107/1731 (Hailey census, s.v. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… or Farm Mill near the 12th-century manorial precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at … 1 Outlying mills at Hailey (near modern New Mill) and at Crawley were added probably in the late 12th or early … in several new or expanded mills both for corn-milling and for fulling; an unspecified new mill at Witney was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… council acknowledged the need to improve infrastructure and attract new industries if Witney was not to become … with the cooperation of the Transport and General Workers' Union. New buildings allowed installation of new machinery … (decline of blanket ind.). Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 167. Below. Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 1357, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the 20th century … 1680s did they begin routinely to call themselves blanket-makers. 36 Witney's previous concentration on broadcloth may …
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 … of women supplemented family income as dress- or bonnet-makers, glovers, or laundresses. 8 The Blanket Industry c. … formed in 1823 was evidently a benefit club rather than a union, and had apparently closed by 1838. 37 38. Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the … the failure of a blanket-making enterprise by the glove-makers Pritchett and Webley, Marriott & Sons acquired Worsham … established with an imported workforce at the disused union workhouse just west of the town, made industrial …
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 … it was claimed to be the only civil parish in the poor-law union where school fees were still charged, despite large … Lond. & Prov. Dir. (18234); Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 92; cf. Oxf. Jnl. 5 July 1802, 1 Jan. 1803. Secker's …
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 … St Mary's National school (1856) at Church Green, and the union workhouse (18356), just outside the town on Tower Hill. … 1861; Oxf. Jnl. 10 Apr. 1858; Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 114. Census, 18711971; below, econ. hist. Witney Gaz. …