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A History of the County of Oxford
… 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry and to a lesser extent on glove manufacture, and seems generally to have thrived … three manufacturers to full capacity and which were shared on a cooperative basis, taking precedence over civilian …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nondenominational National school was established in 1813 on Bridge Street, prompting a sharp fall in the number of … District Visitors; the school acquired new premises on Church Green in 1856, and a second National school at … technical school under the auspices of the Wesleyan school on High Street, whose headmaster became its first principal. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town stands at an early crossing of the river Windrush, on a limestone cornbrash island formerly lying between two … suggests that a late Anglo-Saxon estate-centre existed on or near the same site. 7 The precise location and … council undertook intensive housebuilding under the provisions of the Housing Act of 1919, much of it to designs …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century. No. 49 Market Square is a timber-framed house on a prominent island site, formerly jettied on the principal faades; the structure is hidden beneath … E. kitchen; F. scullery; G. weighing-room for provisions; H. receiving-room for stores; J. stores; K. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… or small portmoot met usually around 612 times a year on a Wednesday or Friday, and the two tourns, lawdays, or great portmoots for the borough on a Monday near Hockday and Michaelmas. 24 The pattern was … the justices of the peace, alleging that trade was dead, provisions dear, and the maintenance of the poor 'too great …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with territories north of the river Windrush dependent on a probable minster at Minster Lovell, and those south of the river dependent possibly on Bampton. 2 The church was dedicated to St Mary the Virgin … 19th-century antiquaries that there was an earlier church on Corn Street are unsubstantiated, 4 and an isolated …
A History of the County of Essex
… amount of copyhold land near Wivenhoe Cross and some on the east side of High Street just south of Wivenhoe Hall. … Colchester, owned 120 a. called Withemorhad and Nordhei, on the south side of the road to Tendring (presumably via … original committee of 11 of the Colchester Mutual Marine Insurance Association, formed in 1843, were Wivenhoe …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in St. Giles's parish. 91 In 1636 the open field arable, on the higher ground in the east, was divided into four … land for 6 ploughteams although only 5 were recorded, 1 on the demesne and 4 on the tenants' land. In 1279 a total of 28 ½ yardlands, 8 in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wellington; containing 2057 inhabitants. It is situated on the Roman Watlingstreet, and comprises 677 acres of arable … net income, 82. The church is a brick edifice, built on the site of a structure which fell into ruins in 1760. The … quays. The market is on Wednesday, for corn, cattle, and provisions; and fairs occur on April 5th and October 23rd. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… had supplied the company's managers with milk and potatoes on advantageous terms. 16 By 1936 motor transport had become … at Wombridge at the Dissolution, probably near the priory on the stream draining north-westwards through the parish. … in. 21 Coal and ironstone. In 1535-6 there were two mines on the Wombridge priory demesne, worth £5 a year. 22 It is …