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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … persons'. 119 His town property in 1840 included three public houses, and although called yeoman in 1819 he was … was the presence of soldiers from the Oxford garrison at festivities such as Witney feast, when 'divers courtiers and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … borough court exercised standard jurisdiction over minor public-order offences and trade regulation. 14 In 1279 the … concerning shops and stalls, nuisances, and matters of public health, dealt with minor breaches of the peace, and, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Manor and Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') MANOR AND MANOR HOUSE ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King … house, in the grounds to the south, were opened to the public in 1992, protected by a permanent teflon canopy …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and … and thrift clubs, and arranging parish outings and festivities; 123 John Horsley, the noted social reformer, was … and Norris was instrumental in enforcing Sunday closing of public houses in 1889. What gave greatest satisfaction was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … caused by Salvation Army and Primitive Methodist processions. Conversely, the Low-Church Francis Cunningham … with camp meetings, a Sunday school of over 70, and public preaching and processions attended by 'some hundreds'. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but no Witney townsmen seem to have been implicated, and in 1577 only five recusants were reported there. 2 Among … Tempest family lived at Witney in the early 17th century, and in 1641 Francis Rathbone, one of a recusant gentry family … to expect 'bigoted cries of No Popery', 9 while in 1850 a public meeting in Witney to petition against establishment of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. … to him here, prior to being offered to him formally in public. Wokefield WOKEFIELD, a tything, in the parish of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates CHURCH. The church existed by 1254 when … lords presenting regularly, except in 1564, 1589, 1607, and 1637 when turns had been granted or sold, 3 and in 1890 when Robert Cantrell presented as guardian of N. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which … incipient urban or port development, but between 1086 and 1327 Wivenhoe apparently remained comparatively small and …
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 … de Veres built a road known as The Entry, which became a public road before 1566, from the Colchester road just south … 1762, 8 inns and taverns and 4 beerhouses in 1863, and 8 public houses and 4 restaurants in 1978. 61 The Sun, the …