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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 which 'the poor of the borough are placed'; when and how it was acquired is …
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 … agent for his fellows. 107 The Company had its own seal (Fig. 36), incorporating motifs long common in other … guilds and used in earlier local trade tokens. 108 36. Seal of the Witney Blanket Company. During its first few …
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 … from the bishop, 266 and the borough had its own common seal, used presumably by the town reeves or bailiffs, by … the textile trades, is unproven but seems likely. The town seal included symbols associated with St John the Baptist, …
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 … in the early 17th century. 18 The borough had a common seal by probably the late 13th century, 19 and occasionally … for recreational use in 1988. 341 49. Witney borough seal. Seals and Insignia of The Borough and Town The 'ancient …
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 Baptist, whose symbols formed the basis of the borough seal and who was frequently associated with medieval cloth or …
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 … 8249 acres, of which 689 are common or waste. Corporation Seal. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, 178; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles … into it, and remained until the day following. Corporation Seal. The town is situated on an eminence, in a district …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the … Budgets on the uppermost, and one upon the lower; 9 as the Seal of Sir Richard Willoughby, appendant to his Deed, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, … and leaved gold.[Granted 1960] The council's common seal was circular, 56 mm. in diameter, depicting an oak … gates and inscribed (roman) at the circumference THE SEAL OF THE OAKENGATES URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. 29 In the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of POTASH had to be processed to concentrate the content of potassium and to turn the raw product into POTASHES and …