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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Witham 106. WITHAM. (G.b.) Witham. The Parish Church of St Nicholas. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxiv. S.E. (b)xxxv. S.W. … N.E. (d)xlv. N.W.) Witham is a town and parish 9 m. N.E. of Chelmsford. The Church, the Burgh, the House (41), … principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Nicholas stands on the W. side of the High Street of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… 112 WITHERSLACK (C.g.) Witherslack, the Parish Church of St. Paul (O.S. 6 in. (a)XLI, N.E., (b)XLI, S.E., (c)XLII, … (d)XLII, S.W.) Witherslack is a parish on the W. border of the county 8 m. S.W. of Kendal. The church is the … panels with stems of foliage, modern capping; sounding board of 1765 supported on 17th-century broad panelled …
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 … and having become incompatible with the interests of the trade, as at present conducted, it has nearly fallen into …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. 2838 Church Green north of the rectory house, comprising three separate tenements in … for grants to the sick or to those entering or engaged in trade. 28 Rent charges from Yate's, Wiltshire's, and Wilmot's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the town Witney manor, encompassing the three rural … with profits from rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 the manor was valued at just … Ct. Bks. pp. liiliii, lixlxvii, lxxxviixc; above (medieval trade and ind.; econ. life 15001800). PRO, PROB 11/71, ff. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a dormitory town, a recurrent theme in the second half of the 20th century. 1 The arrival in 1950 of the engineering firm Smiths' of England, attracting both … only by private funds and by goodwill both within the trade and amongst employees, took several years, and was …
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 … larger populations. 6 The number of surviving 17th-century trade tokens from Witney, biased towards the cloth and …
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, … 9 The underlying cause was presumably insufficient trade or bypassing of the market, though occasional … requirements, following a temporary closure ordered by the Board of Trade. 58 A weighbridge, thought unnecessary in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and … 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 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney was transformed by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial … 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the town's … bailiff of the county court, and clerk to the burial board. 94 Prominent auctioneers included the architect …