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A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing … severe unemployment, sharply rising poor rates, and bread riots. Conditions improved only with the blanket industry's … of the masters'. 145 Witney people were involved in grain riots in 1795 and again in 1800, when local JPs reported …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS Witney had a weekly market and two annual fairs … for inspection of skins, appointed officers to prevent disturbances at the market, and issued orders concerning …
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 … the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be taught', … district. Nevertheless it was claimed to be the only civil parish in the poor-law union where school fees were …
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 … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the … east of the town. By then the borough was counted a civil parish, and from 1895 to 1974 it formed an urban …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … sporadically during the earlier Middle Ages. Though the civil wars of Stephen's reign almost certainly predated the … social tensions within the town, marked by recurrent bread riots and by steady worsening of relations between masters …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … 95 Town Government From 1863 In 1863 most of the vestry's civil functions, together with the few residual powers of the … 196 reflecting the high bread prices which prompted local riots that year. 197 By 18012 it was over 3,000, around 27 s. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a … 1630s. Family banners and armour in the chapel survived Civil War mutilation but were removed by workmen around 1840, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … accused of disseminating the scriptures in English and of questioning Catholic doctrine. Several of the group … conservatism among some of the population, while in the Civil War, despite the presence of Puritan lecturers and of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the Romans, Roman … style recently added by Sir W. Chaytor. In the great civil war it was held by Sir William d'Arcy for the king, and …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the … bounded on the west by the old stream of the Colne. 88 The civil parish boundary was altered slightly in 1897 when c. 15 …