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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 … relatively limited unemployment even during the depression of the 1930s. 1 A Witney chamber of trade and commerce, founded by local shopkeepers and store …
A History of the County of Oxford
… existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one of a prominent Witney burgess family, … for university, it failed 'those that are intended for trade', causing existing and prospective pupils to be sent … Under Schemes of the Charity Commission in 1901 and of the Board of Education in 1902 the schools were accordingly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) … partial recovery perhaps based partly on the town's wool trade. 37 During the 15th century the town seems to have … 257 and in the later 19th century the town's local board dealt repeatedly with overcrowding, inadequate …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was … as clothiers whose possessions included no stock-in-trade or raw materials; significantly, such men often had … adopted in 1863, and certainly thereafter the local board inspected all new building plans. 131 Each had a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … standard jurisdiction over minor public-order offences and trade regulation. 14 In 1279 the burgesses were exempt from … had long been more effectively policed by the town's local board and urban district council. 44 By 1871 its proceedings …
A History of the County of Oxford
… AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems … likely, the earliest unequivocal evidence is the survival of blocked, single-splayed windows of late 11th- or early … the tower. 188 The old pulpit's inlaid hexagonal sounding board was used to make a table which remained in the church …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th century, reflected the … associated with the cloth industry and to have had London trade links, those from Witney including a weaver, a town …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 … for the Newfoundland fishery, and blankets for the home trade: the number of persons regularly employed varies from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.W.) Wivenhoe is a parish and small town on the left bank of the Colne, 3 m. S.E. of Colchester. The church, Wivenhoe Hall and the house (6) … the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands in the town. The walls are of mixed …
A History of the County of Essex
… estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest … insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden hundred; the lord of … 16th and 17th centuries, supply- ing wool for the cloth trade of Colchester and other towns, but arable farming was …