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A History of the County of Oxford
… ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, … riots. Conditions improved only with the blanket industry's recovery in the early 19th century, as piecemeal … token and later called himself gentleman, 183 and Thomas Smith (d. 1757), who owned land and several houses and made …
A History of the County of Oxford
… declined or remained low, suggesting that much of the town's trading took place outside the formal market structure. In … was presumably planned to avoid competition from Witney's market. 6 A second annual fair, held for five days from the … town council. Chant. Cert. 48; Leland, Itin. ed. Toulmin Smith, v. 73. Cal. Chart. 130026, 34950. Winch. PR 121011, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… international scale. More general resurgence of the town's population and economy followed, though possibly not until … about 121213, a venture presumably stimulated by Witney's early success; since Newland failed, however, expansion may … its limits. Certainly in 12201 the bailiff claimed a 20 s. rent-allowance for burgesses who had 'withdrawn because of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … Woodgreen and West End apparently in the 1890s. 39 William Smith (d. 1874), who began as an errand boy working for … 1898. 40. Witney Mills: fulling stocks, c. 1898. William Smith installed Witney's first steam engine around 1851, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry … expansion of dyeing plants. 9 Charles Early & Co., William Smith & Co., and Marriott & Sons remained the chief … cent of the town's production in 1949; 10 in the mid 1920s Smith's merged with the large Manchester wholesalers J. & N. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Nonconformist schools better suited to the town's needs. John Holloway's Bluecoat school at West End, endowed … The experiences of the future blanketmanufacturer William Smith (d. 1874), born in 1815 to a relatively humble family … and churchmen, among them members of the Early, Smith, and Morrell families, the vicar of Cogges, and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … explicitly mentioned in 1279 was a forge held by a smith with his house. 144 The size of the original burgage … Charles Early & Co.'s Witney Mills on Mill Street, William Smith & Co.'s Bridge Street Mill, established in the later …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … had household goods valued at only 7. 62 In 1743 Thomas Smith, with 142 in finished and unfinished goods, similarly … the mill belonged to the blanket manufacturer William Smith, who expanded it and introduced steam power; Smith had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the … f. 126; ORO, MSS dd Par. Witney c 9, f. 202; c 30, f. 113. Smith, 'Reminiscences', 7. Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. d 217, f. 104; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … proportion', and withheld payment from the mason, Humphrey Smith of Abingdon (then Berks.), because it was 'not raised … MS 1616, f. 7; Eng. Episcopal Acta, I: Lincoln, ed. D. M. Smith (1980), 823. BL, Harl. MS 1616, ff. 11v., 65v.; Pipe R …