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A History of the County of Oxford
… by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The … adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … 1589; for claims of poverty or recession, ORO, NM2/B/A2/10; CE Rec. Centre, 64228, 27 Jan. 1883. PRO, HO …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry … Co.): ( a) The street frontage, built probably c. 1899. ( b) Bridge Street Mills from the south-west in 1999. 45. …
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 … and Nonconformist schools better suited to the town's needs. John Holloway's Bluecoat school at West End, endowed … in 1902 the schools were accordingly united as the co-educational Witney Grammar and Technical School, and the …
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 … and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … to be profoundly altering Witney's social character. 299 ( b) Church Green and Corn Street ( scale c. 14 inches to 1 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … at Nos. 556 West End, c. 1910. ( A. gateway, store over; B. rubble, brick and stone-slated yarn rooms and office …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors … cf. Hants RO, 11M59/B1/1617. ORO, MS dd Par. Witney b 22, item c; Witney Ct. Bks. pp. xviixviii, xxii. Below …
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, valued in the king's books at 17. 10.; net income, 400; patron, the Rev. F. J. … Thornton family, of whom James left two daughters, who, as co-heiresses, conveyed it by marriage to the Trevelyans and …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the … third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the … i. 51718. E.R.O., D/DGh M1424; D/DBm M507; ibid. T/M 374; B.L. Add. Ch. 41712. Colch. Cart. i. 177; E.A.T. 3rd ser. …
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 … a post office by 1853, probably the one which was in Queen's Road in 1887, and a sub post office at Wivenhoe Cross by … of England, i. 157. E.R.O., D/P 277/8/1; ibid. D/DU 27. B.L. MS. Cott. Aug. I. 1. 44; V.C.H. Essex, ix. 237-8. …
A History of the County of Essex
… warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held … 12 to 16 jurors. Cases of animals trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the … 1226-57, 292; 1341-1417, 293. E.R.O., D/DHt M88; ibid. T/B 122. Ibid. D/DBm 508. P.R.O., SC 2/174/35-7; E.R.O., D/DA …