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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wimborne St. Giles 23 WIMBORNE ST. GILES (0311) (O.S. 6 ins., … The parish, covering 5,947 acres, extends for over 7 miles in a roughly L-shaped strip from the E. Dorset heathland in the S.E., north-westwards to Cranborne Chase. The central …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the … consisting of isolated fields, and is highly irregular in shape. In the north and north-west its boundaries … in 1550. 64 Some of the land came into the hands of Thomas Leigh (d. 1589) and his wife Alice 65 but has not been traced …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… landward extension into the fen-was originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in Leverington has been considerably modified. In the first … Mary daughter of William Freeman, merchant, of London and Leigh (Surr.), 94 may have brought him additional wealth. All …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witcham (St. Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, … 502 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons … WITCHAMPTON ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Wimborne and Cranborne, hundred of Cranborne, Wimborne …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the rectory house, comprising three separate tenements in which 'the poor of the borough are placed'; when and how … value until the loan was repaid, and further improvements in 1814, including addition of kitchens, were funded … tradesmen of the town. Elizabeth Sharp ( d. 1627) of South Leigh, widow: by will proved 1627, 2 to be annually lent to a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Economic history: ancient mills ANCIENT MILLS In 1086 Witney manor included two water mills together … mill was vacant. It was taken over before 1887 by A. L. Leigh, a corn dealer at No. 34 Market Place, who until at … a flour mill, powered by water and steam. 71 Before 1907 Leigh was succeeded in both shop and mill by Walker & …
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. … and in 1851 employed three men and an apprentice. 76 42. Leigh and Sons' ironmongers, Market Square, c.1930. 43. … businesses. Among them were Staples and Lea (later Leigh and Jackson), established on High Street before 1840; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and seems generally to have thrived despite a slight fall in population, with relatively limited unemployment even … commerce, founded by local shopkeepers and store managers in 1920, acquired 22 members, though a traders' exhibition … builders Bartlett Brothers, the ironmongers and builders Leigh and Sons, Young's engineering, Marriott's coal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the late 12th or early 13th century within a … west Oxfordshire, its population rising from under 4,000 in the 1930s to over 20,000 by the end of the 20th century. 2 … to Downs Road and smaller transfers from Hailey and South Leigh were made in the north and north-east. 31 Population In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 … manorial and (possibly) town quarries were recorded in 1479. 5 The master mason Thomas of Witney, who worked at Westminster in 12923 and at Exeter and Winchester a little later, was …