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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, … to have thrived. Fairs were founded in 1202 and 1231, the borough was extended in 121920, and there seems no doubt …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney c.1800-1900 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN WITNEY, c. 18001900 During the 19th century Witney was transformed by mechanization, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry and to a lesser extent on glove … with relatively limited unemployment even during the depression of the 1930s. 1 A Witney chamber of trade and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… To 1660 A school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one … 1375, though his surname was probably hereditary. 2 In the early 16th century a chantry priest evidently taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, … borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the late 12th or early 13th century within a large …
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 parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured … toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited goods usually belonging to the king; and the right to deliver and return royal writs, …
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 later manor and parish, but may have been assembled only …
A History of the County of Oxford
… PARISH CHURCH 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, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th century, reflected the experience of many small …