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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some … Nene. It appears to have emerged from Wisbech (St. Peter) in 1109 when Wisbech vill was divided between the Bishop of … (Suffolk). In 1668 they passed to his brother Daniel, a linen draper of Colchester, who re-sold them two years later …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Wigston, Wiston WIGSTON, WISTON. In Wiseton of the kings Soc of Oswaldebek belonging to Maunsfeild also, was … and are highly creditable to the taste of the owner. Plantations and groupes of trees scattered here and there, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witcham (St. Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county … are arable, 3441 pasture, and upwards of 1000 woodland and plantations. The subsoil is in general a blue or whitish …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Witham 106. WITHAM. (G.b.) Witham. The Parish Church of St Nicholas. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxiv. S.E. (b)xxxv. S.W. (c)xliv. N.E. (d)xlv. N.W.) … newel staircase of the 17th century and a door of original linen-fold panelling. d(25). Red Lion Inn, 100 yards S.W. of …
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 … number of persons; and woolstapling, as connected with the manufactures of the town, is carried on. There is also a good …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Withington 93 WITHINGTON (C.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXVII, S.W., (b)XXXIV, N.W.) Withington is a parish 4 m. N.E. of Hereford. The church and Thing Hill Grange, which retains much of its … forming a two-centred arch. Fittings Altar-cloth: Of white linen, with worked inscription: "Lord have mercy upon me. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Economic history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the town Witney manor, encompassing the three … rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 the manor was valued at just under 94 gross, compared … demesne farm, including up to 500 a. of arable in the early 13th century, was administered throughout the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Economic history: ancient mills ANCIENT MILLS In 1086 Witney manor included two water mills together … rendering 32 s. 6 d. a year. Probably they stood near the sites of Waleys or Farm Mill near the 12th-century … (near modern New Mill) and at Crawley were added probably in the late 12th or early 13th century, when the bishop …
A History of the County of Oxford
… development since 1945 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1945 By the late 1940s the urban district council acknowledged the … not to become largely a dormitory town, a recurrent theme in the second half of the 20th century. 1 The arrival in 1950 of the engineering firm Smiths' of England, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the … the country's export trade, although narrow cloths and linen were apparently also made. 26 Cloth production may have … Empson (d. 1769), succeeded by his widow and son. 135 Most manufactures, whether for export or the home market, still …