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A History of the County of Oxford
… a dormitory town, a recurrent theme in the second half of the 20th century. 1 The arrival in 1950 of the engineering firm Smiths' of England, attracting both local employees and large numbers …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney was transformed by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The blanket industry … shop fronts . . . to see that business was in a prosperous state'. 7 37. Woodgreen blanket factory ( later Henry …
A History of the County of Oxford
… existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one of a prominent Witney burgess family, learnt to read there. 1 John Scolemaster of Witney was mentioned about 1375, though his surname was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and … and even after early 19th-century improvements the poor state of its public streets remained a subject of local …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality … the 1930s. 195 By 1974 the building was in a 'deplorable state' and, following improvements to Langdale Hall (below), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … 2 the same year, however, he received royal confirmations of Forest and other rights, and most franchises seem to have … through the courts baron and a twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the 30-hide estate of Witney to his 'minister' Aelfhelm. The estate was … estate given by Abingdon abbey to Brihthelm, bishop of Wells. 1 The Crown recovered the Witney estate before … tower and adjoining ranges, albeit in a semi-derelict state, and an inhabited range to the north with chimneys and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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, single-splayed windows of late 11th- or early … at Farnham (Surrey). By 1855 he was 'utterly depressed', a state not eased by tension between his curates William Mills, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th century, reflected the … forces, the meeting for a time remained in an 'unsettled state', with numbers falling, the ministry sometimes supplied …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from … of the nave was also discovered, in a seemingly perfect state, but on exposure to the air, it rapidly crumbled into …