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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, and …
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, contained two settlements, Upper and Lower Wolvercote; the adjoining extra-parochial areas of … in 1782, although a former owner had been licensed to sell ale in 1771. The Plough, on the green in Upper Wolvercote, …
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 … 53 In 1856 there were sixteen public houses and eight beer sellers in Oakengates, those figures remaining roughly constant until after the First World War when the beer sellers began to be closed. There were fourteen public …