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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … 2 the same year, however, he received royal confirmations of Forest and other rights, and most franchises seem to have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the 30-hide estate of Witney to his 'minister' Aelfhelm. The estate was … estate given by Abingdon abbey to Brihthelm, bishop of Wells. 1 The Crown recovered the Witney estate before …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for it to the Dane-geld after …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… WOMBRIDGE, LATER OAKENGATES Communications, p. 284. Growth of Settlement, p. 285. Social and Cultural Activities, p. … Nonconformity, p. 301. Education, p. 302. Charities for the Poor, p. 306. Wombridge parish developed out of the demesnes of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. Wombridge. William Charlton of Wombridge (d. 1567) was reputed a papist or sympathizer with papists. 22 Samuel Campion, the minister ejected from Hodnet in 1660, held Sunday … expanding population. 24 C. R. Cameron, perpetual curate of Wombridge 1808-56, resisted the nonconformists 25 and, …