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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (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 … as a district. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of W. Egerton, Esq., and others; net income, 200. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the range of occupations typical of a small, prosperous market and industrial town. Throughout …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and stall-rents, seem not always to have mirrored those of the town generally: during the 13th and 16th centuries, … requirements, following a temporary closure ordered by the Board of Trade. 58 A weighbridge, thought unnecessary in the … enjoyed some latitude, since in 1866 the town's local board complained that he had allowed photographic caravans …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough status. 1 By the early 14th century some parts of its economy were apparently contracting, notably the local … and certainly an assertion that it ceased to be 'a centre of trade' and that the borough 'hardly deserves its name' 2 … mason who later worked at Winchester under the bishop's patronage. 17 Other inhabitants were employed presumably at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney was transformed by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The blanket industry … bailiff of the county court, and clerk to the burial board. 94 Prominent auctioneers included the architect …
A History of the County of Oxford
… existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one of a prominent Witney burgess family, … Under Schemes of the Charity Commission in 1901 and of the Board of Education in 1902 the schools were accordingly … a long lease, converting the house with a loan from the Diocesan Education Committee. In 1938 an appeal was launched …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 … 257 and in the later 19th century the town's local board dealt repeatedly with overcrowding, inadequate …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was … adopted in 1863, and certainly thereafter the local board inspected all new building plans. 131 Each had a … the Early, Batt, Dutton, and Clinch families, and enjoyed patronage from local gentry such as Walter Strickland of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … had long been more effectively policed by the town's local board and urban district council. 44 By 1871 its proceedings … subsequently serving as chairman of the Witney Union board of guardians. 77 Some meetings in the 18th and 19th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems … the king's hands, and he and his successors exercised the patronage thereafter. 14 Crown presentations in 1243, 1261, … the tower. 188 The old pulpit's inlaid hexagonal sounding board was used to make a table which remained in the church …