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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and Industry During the earlier 13th century the recently … spicers, and vintners). Fines for brewing, baking, or ale-selling in contravention of manorial rules were imposed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The … the working population, by far the largest single group, 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's … 58 Inns and Breweries Up to forty inns, public houses, and beer-sellers were listed in the early 19th century, and a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … it was suggested that the cells might serve as pantry and beer cellar. 216 The new police station, designed in a gothic … in Witney itself, included Morris dancing and a 'Youth Ale', with rivalry for the antlers, head, and pieces of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … from fairs and of fines from the assizes of bread and ale, and the right to issue summonses. 12 The charter accords … vestry agreed separate contracts for supply of food and beer. 215 Unions of local parishes were discussed frequently, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … accused of disseminating the scriptures in English and of questioning Catholic doctrine. Several of the group … Smith alienated some members by brewing and selling beer in the 1850s, and there was ill feeling after a member …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the … parishes in Lexden hun- dred. 26 Sixty custompotts or ale tolls were paid in 1407 to the lord of Wivenhoe manor, …
A History of the County of Essex
… warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held … trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the lord's rights of avesage, pannage, … meeting, when 2 constables, 2 common drivers, 2 bread and ale tasters, and 2 meeters (perhaps officers connected with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, … in 1782, although a former owner had been licensed to sell ale in 1771. The Plough, on the green in Upper Wolvercote, … those attending. 21 Another annual event was the Whitsun Ale, which continued, probably unofficially, until 1772 or …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of what became the parish of Wombridge. About 1135 William and Seburga of Hadley and their son Alan gave land bounded on the east by a stream … the Charlton Arms was erected by Andrew Peplow, a beer retailer and brick maker. 13 The new status of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Social and cultural activities SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. As almost everywhere in the … 53 In 1856 there were sixteen public houses and eight beer sellers in Oakengates, those figures remaining roughly …