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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Witchampton 24 WITCHAMPTON (9806) (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and … (1918), 118). The vestry and the organ chamber on the S. of the chancel were added in 1898 (Sarum Dioc. Regy.). … a circular panel (Plate 89) with the bust of a sea or river god surrounded by concentric decorative borders. To the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (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.) Witham is a … and scarp dropping sharply to the marshy ground near the river Brain. The inner work, which stands at a higher level …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… of Roger de Midhop. It descended in Thomas de Pykering's posterity until after the death of Lady Anne Knevet, the … John Barrow, rent 12s. 11d.; 1 messuage called "Chamley's," owner John Barrow, rent 12s. 11d.; 1 messuage called … ground called Holme Island or Holme-uponthe-Sands in the river near Meathop, in the county of Westmorland, containing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish … of Withiel. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: … 818 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the river Colne, comprises about 7000 acres: the soil is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… manor included two water mills together rendering 32 s. 6 d. a year. Probably they stood near the sites of Waleys … precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at what may both have been early crossings of the river Windrush. 1 Outlying mills at Hailey (near modern New …
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, … more markets and fairs, for improved navigability of the river Windrush as far as the Thames, and for more 'settled … them as loose coats, and the establishment in 1670 of the Hudson Bay Company increased export opportunities: the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … on existing reputation and contacts, particularly with the Hudson Bay Company and London dealers, combined with partial … to expand: by the 1820s and 1830s sales through the Hudson Bay Company were supplemented by direct orders from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, … and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … the river and surrounded by low-lying alluvium. The river's surviving eastern branch formed the town's and parish's …
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 … been built parallel to the street. A house on High Street's east side, described in 1704, had a parlour, hall, entry, … the 20th century. The house was probably that south of the river Windrush and north of Mill Street sold to John and …
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 … to provide a new well and pump and reserved access to the river for washing clothes, with use of hedges in an adjoining …