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A History of the County of Oxford
… there were few structural changes before the Second World War, when one or two manufacturing firms moved to Witney … 6 capacity remained broadly similar after the Second World War when the main firms operated 475 looms with 322 weavers, … essentially family firms until after the Second World War. 13 A fourth company, James Walker and Sons Ltd of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… district. Nevertheless it was claimed to be the only civil parish in the poor-law union where school fees were … 1953, following rapid urban growth since the Second World War, the town's schools were further expanded and … under the 1944 Education Act. After the Second World War the school was again judged unsatisfactory, its buildings …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east of the town. By then the borough was counted a civil parish, and from 1895 to 1974 it formed an urban district. 3 Further enlargement of both district and civil parish followed urban expansion during the 20th … suburban expansion occurred only after the Second World War with the arrival of major new industries. 276 Building …
A History of the County of Oxford
… detail. In Witney, as elsewhere, the First World War checked all private house-building. Housing shortages … sporadically during the earlier Middle Ages. Though the civil wars of Stephen's reign almost certainly predated the … of war' 277 suggests dislocation either then or during the civil wars of John's reign. Further disruptions occurred …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 95 Town Government From 1863 In 1863 most of the vestry's civil functions, together with the few residual powers of the … both with the former borough or township and with the civil parish. Like the civil parish it was extended to … 130 people in 1911, but closed during the First World War and was sold in 1922. 228 Public Health and Public …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1630s. Family banners and armour in the chapel survived Civil War mutilation but were removed by workmen around 1840, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… conservatism among some of the population, while in the Civil War, despite the presence of Puritan lecturers and of some … iv. 23643. Above, churches. Above, intro. (social life: Civil War). Calamy Revised, ed. A. G. Matthews, 342; R. Mayo, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1915 at No. 1 Church Green, and during the First World War masses were celebrated in the former workhouse chapel for Portuguese prisoners of war helping to construct Witney aerodrome. 12 A Roman …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… style recently added by Sir W. Chaytor. In the great civil war it was held by Sir William d'Arcy for the king, and was …