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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are common or waste. It anciently belonged to the priory at Bodmin, of which establishment was Prior Vyvyan, who … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes … a distinguished royalist commander during the civil war of the 17th century, was born at Brynn, in the parish. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a row of six cottages, each was usually let to non-paupers at commercial rents and the income used for charitable … with sale of old materials; the new cottages were let at their full value until the loan was repaid, and further … Hailey and Bampton, and much of the rest from consols, War stock, and cash vested in the Official Trustee of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… commercial development. 2 The break with the town's pre-War economy was completed by the rapid decline, from the … was finally closed in 2002. 5 New plant was installed at Smith and Philips' and at Walkers' factories at their reopening after the Second …
A History of the County of Oxford
… expanding town of probably under 1,000 inhabitants, with at least as many again living in its rural townships. 3 Its … family of Lucca, 21 while wool stocks in her 'wool houses' at Witney and in Northleach (Glos.) were together valued at over 500. A 'store' left to Emmot by Thomas Fermor may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1202 the bishop of Winchester was granted an annual fair at Witney, held on Ascension day and the three days … 5 the establishment of Wednesday and Friday markets at nearby Bampton and Standlake in the early 13th century was … stallage and tolls were let together for 56 s. a year, at first to Raulin. Later lessees were borough reeves or …
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 … worked elsewhere, principally in the maintenance unit at Brize Norton airfield or in the Oxford car factories, and … steam- and waterpower was supplemented by gas engines and (at Mount Mills) by an oil engine, and from 1934 Witney Mill …
A History of the County of Oxford
… upkeep were made in the early 17th century. 6 Teachers, at least one of them a graduate, were licensed in the late … (d. 1662), and grounded in a classical curriculum aimed at preparing the sons of wealthier merchants, manufacturers … 1953, following rapid urban growth since the Second World War, the town's schools were further expanded and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Early Settlement The medieval part of the town stands at an early crossing of the river Windrush, on a limestone … coins, 9 but except for a possible fortified Iron Age site at Newland just over the parish boundary, 10 and a small … 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
… house show that there was high-quality stone building from at least the 12th century. 3 Stone and lime from Witney … in 1479. 5 The master mason Thomas of Witney, who worked at Westminster in 12923 and at Exeter and Winchester a little … detail. In Witney, as elsewhere, the First World War checked all private house-building. Housing shortages …
A History of the County of Oxford
… including freedom from toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to … unnamed 'malefactors' said to have infringed his liberties at Witney, suggesting that not all such rights went … 130 people in 1911, but closed during the First World War and was sold in 1922. 228 Public Health and Public …