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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 … increased it to 1,356 a. (549 ha.). Changes in 1985, when Witney was one of the fastest-growing towns in the county, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings … AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and the parish … from at least the 12th century. 3 Stone and lime from Witney quarries was mentioned from the 14th century, 4 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial … 'malefactors' said to have infringed his liberties at Witney, suggesting that not all such rights went … have continued throughout the later Middle Ages. 3 Within Witney manor the bishop's liberties and manorial rights were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Manor and Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') MANOR AND MANOR HOUSE ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the 30-hide estate of Witney to his 'minister' Aelfhelm. The estate was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH … and Hailey. There is, however, no evidence of a minster at Witney, and before the estate was assembled in possibly the … a separate ecclesiastical parish; they were reunited with Witney in 1982. 6 The living, a rectory, was among the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT … NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th … in an earlier tradition of local Lollardy: in the 1520s Witney people were among a close-knit group of west …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM Despite … either then or later. 1 In 1549 Oxfordshire gentry met at Witney to coordinate suppression of the Prayer Book … had spread to Oxfordshire from the West Country, but no Witney townsmen seem to have been implicated, and in 1577 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of 100 s. worth of woollen cloth between Godstow and Witney between 24 and 29 June, 69 but there is no later …
Alumni Oxonienses
… ii. 371; & Foster's Index Eccl. Wright, Thomas s. Edw., of Witney, Oxon, p.p. Hart Hall, matric. 12 March, 1674-5, aged … Reg. Wyat, Henry (Wiat) born in Worcester, s. Richard, of Witney, Oxon, pleb. Magdalen Coll., matric. 2 Dec., 1636, … Judges and Barristers. Wyatt, Richard s. Richard, of Witney, Oxon, pleb. Magdalen Coll., matric. 16 April, 1641, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Holloway. 73 The architect was George Wilkinson of Witney and the contractors Messrs. Wyatt of Oxford. 74 The … 1570 Richard Cornwell sold a house there to Thomas Yate of Witney. 10 Yate had earlier bought a shop on the north, the …