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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 … 1767 ten out of twelve recusants recorded in Witney were women, including a shopkeeper, mantua-maker, publican, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … endowed by John Westend in 1451, are occupied by sixteen men and women, who receive a small allowance of fuel; and at …
A History of the County of Essex
… Feedham, by will proved 1718, bequeathed to the rector and churchwardens £50 to invest in land for the benefit of … the number of beneficiaries increased until 1867 when 51 women and 17 men each received an average of 3 yd. of flannel; after that …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the … 21 Between 1381 and 1560 from 20 to 29 Wivenhoe men became Colchester bur- gesses. 22 By the 17th century … employed in dressmaking and 65 in tailoring, many of them women doing outwork for Col- chester clothing firms. …
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 … population grew to 1,672 in 1851 and 2,424 in 1901, though men away at sea were apparently sometimes omitted. In 1901 in … visitors. Cheap railway fares were available for yachts- men in 1905. 73 After 1993 the annual regatta was centred on …
A History of the County of Essex
… warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held … Went, of absconding with parish money. Eventually both men submitted to arbitration, and Thomas's original … the urban district council formed a fire brigade of eleven men, which at first stored its barrow, bucket, and hoses at …
A History of the County of Essex
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. One Quaker and a few Anabaptists were recorded in 1664. 69 John Argor … Wivenhoe, which prob- ably met in the houses of John Tylor and William Giles, licensed for Presbyterian meet- ings in … of W. F. Tyler (1883-1927) a Band of Hope met, there were men's bible classes and prayer meetings, and the earlier …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … to 500 tons of iron are manufactured weekly, and about 650 men are regularly engaged. The Priestfields works, for … manufactory, established in 1837, employs about 350 men, producing weekly from 1000 to 1500 boxes of tin-plates, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ordered the payment of the contribution to the repairs, and awarded costs of 42 gold florins against Wolvercote. 7 … were made regularly until 1869, were revived in 1923 and continued until the closure of St. Peter's in 1965. 8 … Thomas's church', the chapel in their outer court. Both men presented were Oxford scholars: Matthew Smith, principal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abbey consolidated much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling … rye, oats, vetch, and peas were also grown and two men left hemp. The inventories imply that the four-course … the largest employer; there were 62 agricultural workers compared with 46 people at the paper mill and 10 railway …