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A History of the County of Oxford
… ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and Industry During the earlier 13th century the recently founded borough, despite temporary setbacks, seems to have thrived. Fairs were founded in 1202 and 1231, the … whole, however, and certainly an assertion that it ceased to be 'a centre of trade' and that the borough 'hardly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney c.1800-1900 THE … industry remained dominant, its success in adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued … employed another 33 labourers in his capacity as a road surveyor, though not necessarily within the town. 54 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Education EDUCATION Provision To 1660 A school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one … their authority; after intervention by the Charity Commissioners the trustees compromised, encouraging but not …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and … the name Crundell (later Corn) Street referred probably to quarries immediately west of the borough; manorial and … a further outbreak, in Corn Street. 125 In 1889 the UDC surveyor reported a man and his wife with six children, aged …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured … and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited goods usually … a room in the Blanket Hall was rented as an office for the surveyor. 100 The Local Board (186395) The local board …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the 30-hide estate of Witney to his 'minister' Aelfhelm. The estate was conterminous with … the 16th century, were retained by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners with Church Leys, and were sold to other …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of … the number of persons regularly employed varies from 800 to 1000. The markets are on Tuesday and Saturday, at the … the Earl of Bedford, the overtures of the parliamentary commissioners were privately submitted to him here, prior to …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT From 1246 the lords of Wivenhoe manor were entitled to free warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the … which appointed a salaried medical officer of health, surveyor, and sanitary inspector. Committees were set up for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of … principal part of this place. It was afterwards granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to … payable to a dean, but now received by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners: each of the prebendaries has a separate …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Church Church A chapel of ease at Wolvercote subject to the church of St. Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, was first … 1817. 23 The living was augmented by the ecclesiastical commissioners in 1862 with £33 6 s. 8 d. a year, which was …