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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS … held every Thursday; 5 the establishment of Wednesday and Friday markets at nearby Bampton and Standlake in the early … cattle and sheep market, early 20th century. Despite the borough's early success 8 neither the market nor fairs seem …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry … During the earlier 13th century the recently founded borough, despite temporary setbacks, seems to have thrived. Fairs were founded in 1202 and 1231, the borough was extended in 121920, and there seems no doubt that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney … India as well as England. 53 41. Occupations in Witney borough, 1851. Other Trades and Industries, 18001900 Though …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Education EDUCATION Provision To 1660 A school run … Bluecoat school. 30 The Newland school, just outside the borough in Cogges parish, was similarly organized for 24 boys … and science schools). ORO, RO 772, papers re proposed borough extension. Following account based on Fleming, Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river … Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE … referred probably to quarries immediately west of the borough; manorial and (possibly) town quarries were recorded … towards its building or rebuilding was left in 1514, 219 borough courts met there regularly by the 1550s, and by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … met usually around 612 times a year on a Wednesday or Friday, and the two tourns, lawdays, or great portmoots for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Manor and Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') MANOR AND … included land in all three townships as well as in the borough, together with manorial rights and courts. 4 In 1551, … estates were restored in 1660, and in 1661 both manor and borough were let to Sir Henry Hyde (d. 1709), Viscount …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND … to the east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, … covering 7,182 a. and including, besides the medieval borough, the townships of Crawley, Curbridge, and Hailey. …