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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and … and flint. The grounds are intersected by the rapid river Allen, which turns a paper-mill giving employment to about 27 persons. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12. 12. 3., and in the gift of H. C. Sturt, Esq.: …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Witchampton 24 WITCHAMPTON (9806) (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and … occupies a shallow dry valley on the E. bank of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 ft. … S.E. wall, about 3 ft. thick, now stand close to the R. Allen although the watercourse formerly ran some distance to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, … riots. Conditions improved only with the blanket industry's recovery in the early 19th century, as piecemeal … left charities to Witney before 1628: PRO, C 93/11/6. B. Allen, Morrells of Oxf. (1994), p. xiii; cf. Bailey's Brit. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… international scale. More general resurgence of the town's population and economy followed, though possibly not until … 350. For wool merchants, below (medieval cloth ind.). Allen, Mount House, 167, 1937; Hants RO, 11M59/B1/3 sqq, s.v. … m. 3. Below (mkts and fairs). Hants RO, 11M59/B1/57; Allen, Mount House, 195. Assarting: clearance of woodland or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the … Oxf. Architects', Oxoniensia, 35 (1970), 557. Dutton, Allen & Co. Dir. Oxon. (1863); PO Dir. Oxon. (1864 and later …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Nonconformist schools better suited to the town's needs. John Holloway's Bluecoat school at West End, endowed … schools remained open in 2003, alongside a few private nursery schools. Adult Education During the earlier 20th … p. 757. PO Dir. Oxon. (1847 and later edns); Dutton, Allen and Co. Dir. Oxon. (1863). PRO, HO 107/1731, Church …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … Surv. Map 1:50000 (solid and drift), sheet 236 (1982 edn); Allen, Mount House, 13. For Emma's dyke, below (origin and … Oxon. (EPNS), ii. 333; above, volume intro. (par. bdies). Allen, Mount House, 67, 201; below (origin and devpt); manor; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … the bailiffs' house: below, local govt. (town property). Allen, Mount House, 159, 222; below, manor (manor ho.). Oxon. … below, Rom. Cath. Winch. PR 13012, ed. Page, pp. xii-xiii. Allen, Mount House, 78, 234; N. Vincent, Peter des Roches, an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Manor and Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') MANOR AND MANOR HOUSE ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney … Bodl. Gough Maps 26, f. 60; Giles, Hist. Witney, 39. Allen, Mount House, 1937, 2026, and passim. Ibid. 2016; … Ages). For bailiffs' and other officers' chambers, below. Allen, Mount House, 910; Hyde, 'Winchester Manors', App. VI; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … (church archit.). Above, volume intro. (parish bdies); Allen, Mount House, 6. Oxon. Wills, 37; Bampton Hund. R. 934. … 8435; DoE, Revised Hist. Bldgs. List: Witney (1988), 1617; Allen, Mount House, 1902; Archaeol. Jnl. 67 (1910), 38990; …